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Over 16,000 cancer deaths due to complications from COVID-19 in 2020 in US, new ACS study says

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From March through December 2020, more than 16,000 cancer deaths were due to complications of COVID-19 in the U.S., according to a new study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society. 

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