ReviewCancer management and research2020
The Landscape of COVID-19 in Cancer Patients: Prevalence, Impacts, and Recommendations.
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- Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception of Cancer Patients towards COVID-19 in Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Thalassaemia is paradoxically associated with a reduced risk of in-hospital complications and mortality in COVID-19: Data from an international registry.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2022Article
- Effects of COVID-19 Outbreak in Image-Guided Biopsies in Brazil: An Epidemiological Study over 13 Years and 2 Million Biopsies.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2022Article
- SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Possible Risk Factor for Incidence and Recurrence of Cancers.International journal of hematology-oncology and stem cell research · 2022Review
- [Strategies, guidelines and recommendations for coping with the COVID-19 pandemic in palliative and hospice care facilities. Results of a scoping review].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2022Article
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- Comparison of Cancer Patients to Non-Cancer Patients among COVID-19 Inpatients at a National Level.Cancers · 2021Article
- Knowledge and Proportion of COVID-19 Vaccination and Associated Factors Among Cancer Patients Attending Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021: A Multicenter Study.Infection and drug resistance · 2021Article
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Abstract
Cancer patients are susceptible groups to COVID-19, and risk-adjusted models show that most cancer patients have a 25-39% mortality risk if infected with COVID-19. The infection rate of SARS-CoV-2 in cancer patients in China was 0.79% (12 of 1524 patients; 95% CI, 0.31.2%). The case fatality rate of COVID-19 in the overall population ranges from 2.3 to 8.0%; among these, the case fatality rate for cancer patients is at 5.6%. In a retrospective cohort study of 28 COVID-19-infected cancer patients, a total of 15 (53.6%) patients had severe outcomes with a mortality rate of 28.6%. In a pooled analysis by Aakash et al, a 2% cancer prevalence was found among admitted patients with COVID-19. In Italy, a report shows that among the 3200 patients who died of SARS-CoV-2, 19.4% were patients with cancer. In New York, 61 (28%) cancer patients succumbed to COVID-19 with a case fatality rate of 37% (20/54) and 25% (41/164) for hematologic and solid malignancies, respectively. Impacts of COVID-19 in cancer care include interruptions of life-saving therapies, distraction effects, and diagnostic overshadowing that involve diverting attention to the pandemic rather than to cancer patients and disruptions of primary palliative care to patients due to forced quarantine. Herein, we review the landscape of COVID-19 in cancer care. We also briefly share our experience and the measures in place to protect cancer patients against COVID-19 in our center.
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