COVID-19 More Frequent, Severe in Cancer Patients
- PMID: 32312714
- DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2020-032
COVID-19 More Frequent, Severe in Cancer Patients
Abstract
Using data from China, two studies suggest that people with cancer are more likely than the general population to contract COVID-19 and to develop more severe disease or die from it.
©2020 American Association for Cancer Research.
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Cancer patients in SARS-CoV-2 infection: a nationwide analysis in China.Lancet Oncol. 2020 Mar;21(3):335-337. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30096-6. Epub 2020 Feb 14. Lancet Oncol. 2020. PMID: 32066541 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Patients With Cancer at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Wuhan, China.JAMA Oncol. 2020 Jul 1;6(7):1108-1110. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0980. JAMA Oncol. 2020. PMID: 32211820 Free PMC article.
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