Cancer is associated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) severity and mortality: A pooled analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly escalating pandemic that has spread to many parts of the world. As such, there is urgent need to identify predictors of clinical severity in COVID-19 patients. This may be useful for early identification of patients who may require life-saving interventions. In this meta-analysis, we evaluated whether malignancies are associated with a significantly enhanced odds of COVID-19 severity and mortality.

Method

A systematic search of literature was conducted between November 1, 2019, to May 26th, 2020 on PubMed and China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) to identify studies reporting data on cancers in patients with or without severe COVID-19 were included. The primary outcome of interest was the association betwee

SUBMITTER: Cheruiyot I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7438273 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature