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As Coronavirus Strains Hospitals, Cancer Patients Face Treatment Delays, Uncertainty

Two days before Christine Rayburn was scheduled to have a cancerous tumor removed, the hospital canceled the surgery, part of a wave of cancellations of "elective" surgeries during the coronavirus pandemic. But Rayburn's surgeon fought back and got the surgery back on the schedule 10 days later. (Poppi Photography)
Two days before Christine Rayburn was scheduled to have a cancerous tumor removed, the hospital canceled the surgery, part of a wave of cancellations of "elective" surgeries during the coronavirus pandemic. But Rayburn's surgeon fought back and got the surgery back on the schedule 10 days later. (Poppi Photography)

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