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Trends in Cancer-Directed Surgery Rates Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  1. Timothy Wen and Jordan Emont these first authors contributed equally to the work.

  2. Alexander M. Friedman and Jason D. Wright these two senior authors contributed equally to the work.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Timothy Wen MD, MPH

  2. Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

    Jordan Emont MD, MPH, Yongmei Huang MD, MPH, Alexander M. Friedman MD, MPH & Jason D. Wright MD

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Koji Matsuo MD, PhD

  4. Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

    Dawn L. Hershman MD

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Dr. Wen serves as a consultant on the medical advisory board and associate Chief Medical Officer for Delfina Care Inc. Dr. Wright has received research funding from Merck and honoraria from UpToDate.

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Wen, T., Emont, J., Huang, Y. et al. Trends in Cancer-Directed Surgery Rates Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ann Surg Oncol 31, 731–734 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-023-14698-4

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