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COVID-19: The management of coronavirus patients with cancer, examples from Italy

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Published: 31 Mar 2020

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Prof Giuseppe Curigliano - European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Prof Giuseppe Curigliano speaks to ecancer for an exclusive online interview about the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

He focusses on the impact of COVID-19 in cancer patients, and provide examples of how his cancer centre has dealt with this problem.

Prof Curigliano also provides basic public health and medical advise on how best to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

View live data from Italy here.

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