The effect of anticancer treatment on cancer patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between cancer and COVID-19 has been revealed during the pandemic. Some anticancer treatments have been reported to have negative influences on COVID-19-infected patients while other studies did not support this hypothesis.

Methods

A literature search was conducted in WOS, PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, CNKI and VIP between Dec 1, 2019 and Sept 23, 2020 for studies on anticancer treatments in patients with COVID-19. Cohort studies involving over 20 patients with cancer were included. The characteristics of the patients and studies, treatment types, mortality, and other additional outcomes were extracted and pooled for synthesis. RRs and forest plots were adopted to present the results. The literature quality and publication bias were assessed u

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7897967 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature