Clinical outcomes in cancer patients with COVID-19 in Sweden.

Lisa BondesonAnna ThulinLars NyMax LevinJohanna SvenssonMagnus LindhZhiyuan Zhao

Published in: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) (2021)

As in the general population, male sex was found to be at greater risk of needing hospital care for COVID-19, with terminal cancer disease, and older age increasing the odds of fatality. Compared to the general population, slightly more cancer patients had COVID-19. The CFR was within the lower range of others reported in cancer patients.

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