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Amid COVID-19, Lower Cancer Diagnosis Rates Mean Fewer Patients Getting Molecular Tests, Treatment

Apr 27, 2020
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Turna Ray
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NEW YORK – Diagnostics commercialization and data analytics firm Diaceutics has seen notable declines in the number of newly diagnosed cancer patients in the month of March amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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