Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19-Infected Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have indicated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with cancer have a high fatality rate.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review of studies that reported fatalities in COVID-19 patients with cancer. A comprehensive meta-analysis that assessed the overall case fatality rate and associated risk factors was performed. Using individual patient data, univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to estimate odds ratios (OR) for each variable with outcomes.

Results

We included 15 studies with 3019 patients, of which 1628 were men; 41.0% were from the United Kingdom and Europe, followed by the United States and Canada (35.7%), and Asia (China, 23.3%). The overall case fatality rate of COVID-19 patients with cancer

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7665647 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature