Effects of SARS-CoV-2 infections in patients with cancer on mortality, ICU admission and incidence: a systematic review with meta-analysis involving 709,908 participants and 31,732 cancer patients.

Mehmet Emin Arayıcı Nazlican Kipcak Ufuktan Kayacik Cansu Kelbat Deniz Keskin Muhammed Emin Kilicarslan Ahmet Veli Kilinc Sumeyye Kirgoz Anil Kirilmaz Melih Alihan Kizilkaya Irem Gaye Kizmaz Enes Berkin Kocak Enver Kochan Begum Kocpinar Fatmanur Kordon Batuhan Kurt Hülya Ellidokuz

Published in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2022)

As a result, cancer was an important comorbidity and risk factor for all SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. This infection could result in severe and even fatal events in cancer patients. Cancer is associated with a poor prognosis in the COVID-19 pandemic. Cancer patients should be assessed more sensitively in the COVID-19 outbreak.

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