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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2021

Chemotherapy During Active SARS-CoV2 Infection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Krzysztof Woźniak, Wojciech Sachs, Piotr Boguradzki, Grzegorz Władysław Basak, Rafał Stec

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Krzysztof WoźniakDepartment of Oncology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Wojciech SachsDepartment of Hematology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Piotr BoguradzkiDepartment of Hematology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Grzegorz Władysław BasakDepartment of Hematology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Rafał StecDepartment of Oncology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
Medical University of Warsaw · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 has become the biggest public health problem and one of the most important causes of death in many countries in the world. SARS-CoV-2 infection is most likely to be fatal in elderly patients with concomitant diseases. In this article we present two cases of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2-positive patients suffering from cancer who were treated with chemotherapy. The first case, a patient with primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma, shows that confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection does not have to be a contraindication to chemotherapy. We describe the course of disease and discuss doubts related to the choice of chemotherapy regimen. The second patient was a male with metastatic sigmoid cancer treated with FOLFOX4 as first-line palliative chemotherapy. This case draws attention to asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriers who underwent chemotherapy. Our patient was safely treated with chemotherapy without long break caused by viral infection. It should be remembered that there are asymptomatic carriers among cancer patients and that they may spread infection to others. On the other hand, delaying chemotherapy can cause rapid disease progression and reduce overall survival of our patients.

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chemotherapycolorectal cancerCOVID-19mortality ratePMBCLSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID33912468
PMCPMC8072114
OpenAlexW3155912857

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