Risk factors for mortality among lung cancer patients with covid-19 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection experience high mortality rates. The study aims to determine the risk factors for mortality in lung cancer patients with COVID-19 infection.

Materials and methods

Followed the PRISMA reporting guidelines, PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science were systematically searched to February 20, 2023, for studies of lung cancer patients with COVID-19 infection. The main outcome of interest was the risk factor for mortality. We also compared the mortality rate of those patients among different continents. A pooled risk ratio (RR) with 95% CI was presented as the result of this meta-analysis.

Results

Meta-analysis of 33 studies involving 5018 patients showed that pooled mortality rate of lung cancer

SUBMITTER: Wu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10490932 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature