High mortality among patients with cancer and COVID-19 infection: the experience of a Brazilian cancer center.
Lilian Silva Martins de ArrudaMarcos Aurélio Fonseca Magalhães FilhoRafaela de Brito AlvesCamilla Vieira de RebouçasCicilia Marques RodriguesMicaela Mazutti ViuVinicius de Lima BeneditoAlayne Magalhães Trindade Domingues YamadaAuro Del GiglioFelipe José Silva Melo CruzPublished in: Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2021)
This cohort is one of the largest Brazilian studies describing clinical and epidemiological features of patients with cancer and concurrent COVID-19. Findings of this study emphasize the vulnerability of cancer patients in the current pandemic, and indicate high mortality from COVID-19 among male cancer patients and cancer patients with poor performance status. This analysis may assist the selection of patients who may benefit from strict isolation and eventual discontinuation of anticancer therapy to reduce exposure to infection.