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Systemic treatment of patients with solid tumors during the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic — comprehensive recommendations of the Polish Society of Clinical Oncology

Piotr J Wysocki1, Łukasz Kwinta1, Paweł Potocki1, Kamil Konopka1, Joanna Streb1, Marek Z Wojtukiewicz2, Barbara Radecka34, Piotr Tomczak5, Michał Jarząb6, Andrzej Kawecki7, Maciej Krzakowski7
Oncol Clin Pract 2020;16(2):41-51.

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