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The need for a universal language during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned from the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2020

Michael Silbermann  and
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Michael Silbermann
Affiliation:
Middle East Cancer Consortium, Haifa, Israel
Ann Berger*
Affiliation:
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 10 Center Drive, Building 10, Room 21733, Bethesda, MD20892
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Author for correspondence: Ann Berger, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 10 Center Drive, Building 10, Room 21733, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA, E-mail: aberger@cc.nih.gov
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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , pp. 757 - 758
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