Open AccessPostoperative Onset and Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Surgically Resected Specimens From Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients With Pre/Asymptomatic COVID-19
Author(s) -
Yan Liang Liu,
Junling Ren,
Jing Yuan,
Zhi Jiang Zhang,
Guo Chun Wen,
Yang Guan,
Gilbert Moeckel,
Nita Ahuja,
Tao Fu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000004362
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , covid-19 , colorectal cancer , elective surgery , case fatality rate , cancer , surgery , epidemiology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
To describe the epidemiologic features and clinical courses of gastrointestinal cancer patients with pre/asymptomatic COVID-19 and to explore evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in the surgically resected specimens.