COVID-19 in patients with cancer: managing a pandemic within a pandemic

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted health care worldwide. Patients with cancer seem to be particularly susceptible to morbidities and mortality from this novel disease. No COVID-19-specific therapy currently seems to offer a survival benefit to this unique patient populat...

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Autores principales: Horn, Leora, Garassino, Marina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7557307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33060841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41571-020-00441-5
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spelling pubmed-75573072020-10-15 COVID-19 in patients with cancer: managing a pandemic within a pandemic Horn, Leora Garassino, Marina Nat Rev Clin Oncol Comment The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted health care worldwide. Patients with cancer seem to be particularly susceptible to morbidities and mortality from this novel disease. No COVID-19-specific therapy currently seems to offer a survival benefit to this unique patient population. Furthermore, the global effects on routine cancer care will likely be felt for decades to come. Nature Publishing Group UK 2020-10-15 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7557307/ /pubmed/33060841 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41571-020-00441-5 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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