The COVID-19 pandemic and colorectal cancer prevention: God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb

Maria Pellisé

doi:10.1055/a-1243-1372

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2020; 52(10): 877-878
DOI: 10.1055/a-1243-1372

Editorial

The COVID-19 pandemic and colorectal cancer prevention: God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb

Referring to Zorzi M et al. p. 871–876 and Gralnek I et al. p. 891–898

Maria Pellisé

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain

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