Impact of active cancer on COVID-19 survival: a matched-analysis on 557 consecutive patients at an Academic Hospital in Lombardy, Italy.

Alexia Francesca Bertuzzi Michele Ciccarelli Andrea Marrari Nicolò GennaroAndrea DipasqualeLaura GiordanoUmberto CariboniVittorio Lorenzo QuagliuoloMarco AlloisioArmando Santoro

Published in: British journal of cancer (2021)

A near-doubled death rate between cancer and non-cancer COVID-19 patients was reported. Active cancer has a negative impact on clinical outcome regardless of pre-existing clinical comorbidities.

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