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ArticleCancers2022

Reduced Absolute Count of Monocytes in Patients Carrying Hematological Neoplasms and SARS-CoV2 Infection.

Alessandra Romano, Claudio Cerchione, Concetta Conticello, Sabina Filetti, Anna Bulla, Annalisa Chiarenza, Vittorio Del Fabro, Salvatore Leotta, Uros Markovic, Giovanna Motta and 4 more

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Article in Cancers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandra RomanoDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6333-4433
Claudio CerchioneHematology Unit, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori [M1] (IRST) IRCCS, 47014 Meldola (FC), Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9104-5436
Concetta ConticelloDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.
Sabina FilettiDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.
Anna BullaDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.
Annalisa ChiarenzaDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.
Vittorio Del FabroDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.
Salvatore LeottaDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5465-5155
Uros MarkovicDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0868-5676
Giovanna MottaDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.
Marina ParisiDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.
Fabio StagnoDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7947-158X
Giuseppe Alberto PalumboDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1859-6319
Francesco Di RaimondoDivision of Hematology, AOU "Policlinico G. Rodolico-San Marco", 95100 Catania, Italy.
Policlinico Universitario di Catania · ITUniversity of Catania · ITIstituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori · ITUniversity of Messina · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundClinical course of COVID-19 depends on several patient-specific risk factors, including immune function, that is largely compromised in cancer patients.

methodsWe prospectively evaluated 120 adult consecutive patients (including 34 cases of COVID-19 breakthrough after two full doses of BNT162b2 vaccine) with underlying hematological malignancies and a SARS-CoV-2 infection, in terms of patient's clinical outcome.

resultsAmong fully vaccinated patients the achievement of viral clearance by day 14 was more frequent than in unvaccinated patients. Increased 30-day mortality was associated with presence of active/progressing disease and absolute monocyte count lower than 400 cells/uL. Results of multivariable analysis in unvaccinated patients showed that the pre-infection absolute count of monocytes less or equal to 400 cells/mmc, active or progressive disease of the underlying hematological malignancy, the COVID-19 severity identified by hospitalization requirement and lack of viral clearance at 14 days were independent predictors of 1-year overall survival.

conclusionsTaken together, our results indicate that absolute monocyte count determined one month before any documented SARS-CoV-2 infection could identify patients affected by hematological neoplasms with increased risk of inferior overall survival.

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breakthrough COVID-19COVID-19COVID-19 serological testinghematological malignanciesmonocytesmultiple myeloma

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