Increased Hospitalization and Mortality from COVID-19 in Prostate Cancer Patients.
Dimple ChakravartyParita RatnaniStanislaw SobotkaDara LundonPeter WiklundSujit S NairAshutosh K TewariPublished in: Cancers (2021)
This study aimed to compare hospitalization and mortality rates between men with COVID-19 and prostate cancer and those who were COVID-19-positive with non-prostate genitourinary malignancy or any solid cancer, and with breast cancer patients. We also compared our studies to others that reported the incidence and severity of COVID-19 in prostate cancer patients. Our studies highlight that patients with prostate cancer had higher susceptibility to COVID-19-related pathogenesis, resulting in higher mortality and hospitalization rates. Hospitalization and mortality rates were higher in prostate cancer patients with COVID-19 when compared with COVID-19 patients with non-prostate genitourinary (GU) malignancies.
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