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cord-316483-nrx8ovvq	Mazzaferro, Vincenzo	A Combined Approach to Priorities of Surgical Oncology During the COVID-19 Epidemic	2020-05-01		.txt	text/plain	926	60	47	All started and spread in the Lombardy region, the most populated region in Italy (10.2 million of inhabitants), with an outbreak accounting for most of the Italian registered cases of COVID-19, thousands of hospitalized patients, 15% of whom required an admission in intensive care units 2 . The current regional model of prioritization in surgical oncology, based on the "first-come, first-served" principle and able Copyright © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. With respect to the second aim, we proposed a renowned system of priority for patients with gastro-intestinal malignancies (about one quarter of the surgical volume for oncological indications) 5 largely drawn from organ transplant allocation principles, namely from the longstanding area of surgery in which the imbalance between demand and supply is permanent 6, 7 . In conclusion, an allocation scheme of priority for surgical oncology is proposed to face the dramatic restrictions in elective surgery resources during the COVID19 pandemic.	./cache/cord-316483-nrx8ovvq.txt	./txt/cord-316483-nrx8ovvq.txt