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Colorectal cancer in patients with SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Saad AlhumaidAbbas Al MutairJawad S BusubaihNourah Al DossaryMurtadha AlsulimanSarah A BaltyourIbrahim AlissaHassan I Al HassarNoor A Al AithanHani A AlbassriSuliman A AlOmranRaed M ALGhazalAhmed BusbaihNasser A AlsalemWaseem AlagnamMohammed Y AlyousefAbdulaziz U AlseffayHussain A Al AishAli AldiaramHisham A Al EissaMurtadha A AlhumaidAli N BukhamseenKoblan M Al MutaredAbdullah H AljwisimAbdullah M TwibahMeteab M AlSaeedHussien A AlkhalafFatemah M ALShakhsThoyaja KoritalaJaffar A Al-TawfiqKuldeep DhamaAli A RabaanAwad Al-Omari
Published in: Infectious agents and cancer (2022)
SARS-CoV-2 infection in CRC patient is not uncommon and results in a mortality rate of 26.2%. Key determinants that lead to increased mortality in CRC patients infected with COVID-19 include older age (≥ 60 years old); male gender; Asian and Hispanic ethnicity; if SARS-CoV-2 was acquired from hospital source; advanced CRC (stage III and IV); if patient received chemotherapies or surgical treatment; and if patient was admitted to ICU, ventilated or experienced ARDS.
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