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COVID-19 & CancerFree
By Alexandria Carolan
Forecasts of the inevitable spread of coronavirus can be difficult to ignore, especially at a time when many of us are making travel plans for this spring’s big cancer meetings.
In Brief


Clinical Roundup


Drugs & Targets
NCI Trials


NCI Trials for March 2020
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month.
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