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Letter to the Editor: Clinical Oncology

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on number and stages of tumors – data of a German cancer registry

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Pages 315-317 | Received 01 Aug 2022, Accepted 28 Feb 2023, Published online: 11 Mar 2023

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