COVID-19 in cancer patients: clinical characteristics and outcome-an analysis of the LEOSS registry.

Maria Madeleine RüthrichC Giessen-JungS BorgmannA Y ClassenS DolffB GrünerF HansesN IsbernerP KöhlerJ LanznasterU MerleS NadalinC PiepelJ SchneiderM SchonsR StraussL TomettenJ J VehreschildM von Lilienfeld-ToalG BeutelK Willenull null

Published in: Annals of hematology (2020)

Comparing cancer and non-cancer patients, outcome of COVID-19 was comparable after adjusting for age, sex, and comorbidity. However, our results emphasize that cancer patients as a group are at higher risk due to advanced age and pre-existing conditions.

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