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cord-290771-18dj37dj	Tzeng, Ching-Wei D.	Cancer Surgery Scheduling During and After the COVID-19 First Wave: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience	2020-05-18		.txt	text/plain	4865	225	37	CONCLUSIONS: Cancer surgeons should continue to use their oncologic knowledge to determine the window of opportunity for each surgical procedure, based on tumor biology, preoperative treatment sequencing, and response to systemic therapy, to safely guide patients through this cautious recovery phase. Total surgical case volume by week during early COVID-19 response, in which MD Anderson Cancer Center implemented goals to create a ''moat'' around hospitalized patients, to reduce workforce and visitor traffic, and to limit ''elective'' cases. Because the Department of Surgical Oncology and MD Anderson Cancer Center have traditionally favored neoadjuvant therapy for many solid tumors, we strategically initiated or continued this treatment sequencing when possible to postpone surgery to beyond the late April peak of COVID-19 incidence in the Houston area.	./cache/cord-290771-18dj37dj.txt	./txt/cord-290771-18dj37dj.txt