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Dr Rashad Nawfal speaks to ecancer about the challenges and perspectives of cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Lebanese financial crisis.
This was a multicentric cross-sectional study by Dr Nawfal and his colleagues aiming to analyse the challenges and perspectives of Lebanese cancer patients.
He initially talks about the background and the methodology of the study. Dr Nawfal discusses the results saying that this study shows that cancer patients in Lebanon are facing many challenges that complicate different aspects of health.
The perspective and challenges of these patients must be taken into consideration in order to deliver better care to our patients in these unprecedented times.
He concludes by talking about how these results can impact the future treatment of cancer patients in Lebanon.
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