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Dr. Muss on the Impact of COVID-19 on Elderly Patients With Breast Cancer

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Hyman B. Muss, MD, sheds light on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting elderly patients with breast cancer and explains why geriatric patients are at a heightened risk of developing severe complications from the virus.

Hyman B. Muss, MD, the Mary Jones Hudson Distinguished Professor of Geriatric Oncology and director of the Geriatric Oncology Program at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and a 2017 Giant of Cancer Care in Supportive/Palliative/Geriatric Care, sheds light on how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting elderly patients with breast cancer and explains why geriatric patients are at a heightened risk of developing severe complications from the virus.

Please visit www.OncLive.com to watch the entitreity of the MJH Life Sciences News Network, which provides the latest news across a variety of healthcare specialties, and a number of interviews with experts in the medical field, many of which are focused on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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