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01-09-2020 | COVID-19 | Letter to the Editor

Adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and opportunities of frontline colorectal cancer teams in the UK

Authors: Rabiya Aseem, Oliver Warren, Sarah Mills, Jason Smith, Nikhil Pawa

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Dear Editor: …

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Title: Adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and opportunities of frontline colorectal cancer teams in the UK
Authors: Rabiya Aseem
Oliver Warren
Sarah Mills
Jason Smith
Nikhil Pawa
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: COVID-19
Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer
Published in: International Journal of Colorectal Disease / Issue 9/2020
Print ISSN: 0179-1958
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-020-03647-2