Cancer History and Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Independently Predict COVID-19 Mortality: A UK Tertiary Hospital Experience

Cancer History and Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Independently Predict COVID-19 Mortality: A UK Tertiary Hospital Experience

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic remains a pressing concern to patients with cancer as countries enter the second peak of the pandemic and beyond. It remains unclear whether cancer and its treatment contribute an independent risk for mortality in COVID-19.MethodsWe included patients at a London terti...

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Main Authors: Christopher C. T. Sng, Yien Ning Sophia Wong, Anjui Wu, Diego Ottaviani, Neha Chopra, Myria Galazi, Sarah Benafif, Gehan Soosaipillai, Rebecca Roylance, Alvin J. X. Lee, Heather Shaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2 infection
solid cancers
risk factors
systemic anti-cancer therapy
co-morbidity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2020.595804/full

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