Effect of antitumor therapy on cancer patients infected by SARS-CoV-2: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Piao LiLingling LiShennan WangYu LiuZhou LiShu Xia

Published in: Cancer medicine (2021)

The synthesized evidence suggests that cancer patients with COVID-19 who received antitumor treatment shortly before symptom onset are more likely to experience severe symptoms and have high mortality. Receiving chemotherapy is an unfavorable factor for the prognosis of cancer patients with COVID-19.

Keyphrases

sars cov
papillary thyroid
squamous cell
squamous cell carcinoma
childhood cancer
lymph node metastasis
cardiovascular events
early onset
cardiovascular disease
radiation therapy
young adults
locally advanced
bone marrow
replacement therapy
sleep quality
patient reported