Non-Dexamethasone Corticosteroid Therapy's Effect on COVID-19 Prognosis in Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Study.

Lina SouanZienab Al-KhairyAbdelkader Battah Maher A Sughayer

Published in: Vaccines (2023)

Corticosteroids impacted cancer patients' COVID-19 prognosis. Despite the limited sample size, H- and P-treated patients' corticosteroids performed worse than the control, especially if treatments were received after COVID-19 infection. Hence, when a cancer patient already on H or P treatment is diagnosed with COVID-19, we recommend switching to a steroid treatment as suggested by international guidelines.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
low dose
prognostic factors
combination therapy
squamous cell carcinoma
bone marrow
case report
young adults
smoking cessation
patient reported
lymph node metastasis