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cord-333470-0a0i6vjn	Lombe, Dorothy C	Zambia’s National Cancer Centre response to the COVID-19 pandemic—an opportunity for improved care	2020-05-28		.txt	text/plain	3347	171	47	This article reports the response of a comprehensive cancer centre in a lower-middle income country to prevent COVID-19 transmission and how the implementation of pragmatic strategies have served as a springboard to improve cancer services beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems around the globe, prompting several large healthcare organisations and societies to issue guidelines to help prioritise the various aspects of cancer care to mitigate its negative effects [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] . Due to the above circumstances and concerns, the cancer centre leadership decided to establish a local response taskforce that could formulate, implement, enforce and communicate national measures to maintain the safety of patients and hospital staff. This COVID-19 crisis is being seen as an opportunity to develop a robust referral system so that cancer patients do not have to wait for treatment in Lusaka or travel to and fro across the country but instead arrive for scheduled visits.	./cache/cord-333470-0a0i6vjn.txt	./txt/cord-333470-0a0i6vjn.txt