Impact of Cancer History on Outcomes Among Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early reports suggested increased mortality from COVID-19 in patients with cancer but lacked rigorous comparisons to patients without cancer. We investigated whether a current cancer diagnosis or cancer history is an independent risk factor for death in hospitalized patients with COVID-19.

Patients and methods

We identified patients with a history of cancer admitted to two large hospitals between March 13, 2020, and May 10, 2020, with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 and matched them 1:2 to patients without a history of cancer.

Results

Men made up 56.2% of the population, with a median age of 69 years (range, 30-96). The median time since cancer diagnosis was 35.6 months (range, 0.39-435); 80% had a solid tumor, and 20% had a hematologic malignancy. Among pati

SUBMITTER: Klein IA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8251362 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature