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Dying from cancer with COVID-19: age, sex, socio-economic status, and comorbidities.

Peter StrangChristel HedmanHelena AdlitzerTorbjörn Schultz
Published in: Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) (2021)
Cancer patients dying with a COVID-19 diagnosis were older, more often male, and had more comorbidities. A COVID-19 diagnosis negatively affected the probability of being admitted to specialized palliative care and increased the likelihood of dying in an acute hospital.
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