Clinical features and death risk factors in COVID-19 patients with cancer: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread around the world. This retrospective study aims to analyze the clinical features of COVID-19 patients with cancer and identify death outcome related risk factors.

Methods

From February 10th to April 15th, 2020, 103 COVID-19 patients with cancer were enrolled. Difference analyses were performed between severe and non-severe patients. A propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was performed, including 103 COVID-19 patients with cancer and 206 matched non-cancer COVID-19 patients. Next, we identified death related risk factors and developed a nomogram for predicting the probability.

Results

In 103 COVID-19 patients with cancer, the main cancer categories were breast cancer, lung cancer and bladder cancer. Compared

SUBMITTER: Zhou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8340077 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature