COVID-19 More Frequent, Severe in Cancer Patients

Cancer Discov. 2020 Jun;10(6):OF1. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB2020-032. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

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.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • China
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • SARS-CoV-2