COVID-19 threatens to cause collateral delay in cancer diagnosis

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Diego Lopes Paim Miranda, School of Medicine of Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Undergraduate Student, School of Medicine of Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador (BA), Brazil.

Angélica Nogueira-Rodrigues, School of Medicine of Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia

PhD. Physician, Adjunct Professor and Researcher, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil.

Thales Pardini Fagundes, School of Medicine of Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia

MD. Physician, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil.

Ronniel Morais Albuquerque, School of Medicine of Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Undergraduate Student, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte (MG), Brazil.

Luciana Castro Garcia Landeiro, School of Medicine of Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia

PhD. Physician, Núcleo de Oncologia da Bahia – Oncoclínicas Group, Salvador (BA), Brazil.

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2020-08-06

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Miranda DLP, Nogueira-Rodrigues A, Fagundes TP, Albuquerque RM, Landeiro LCG. COVID-19 threatens to cause collateral delay in cancer diagnosis. Sao Paulo Med J [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 6 [cited 2025 Mar. 12];138(4):347-8. Available from: https://periodicosapm.emnuvens.com.br/spmj/article/view/667

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Vol. 138 No. 4 (2020)

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Letter to the Editor

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