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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
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
*
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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Essay/Personal Reflection
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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