SARS-CoV-2 transmission in patients with cancer at a hospital in China

What The Study Did:

Researchers estimated the infection rate of SARS-CoV-2 in patients with cancer and reported on patient outcomes at a single hospital in Wuhan, China.

Authors:

Conghua Xie, M.D., of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University in China, and Melvin L. K. Chua, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., of the National Cancer Centre Singapore, are the corresponding authors.

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