How should you manage a COVID-19 infected/suspected patient who is receiving chemotherapy and cannot interrupt or delay their cancer treatment?
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Medical Oncology · Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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This is difficult to answer specifically without further details. There certainly is accumulating evidence that patients with cancer, especially those receiving immunosuppressive chemotherapy, are at greater risk of COVID-19 infection if exposed, and a greater risk of serious and life-threatening co...
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Medical Oncology · University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
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There are at least two published analyses showing increased severity and worse outcome from COVID-19 in cancer patients and recent anti-tumor therapy, like chemotherapy, strongly increases risk of severe events.
1) Liang et al published outcomes of 18 patients with cancer and lab-confirmed COVID-19, ...
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