16 Months Follow Up of Patients' Behavior and Mild COVID-19 Patterns in a Large Cohort of Cancer Patients During the Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Background: Acute severe forms of COVID-19 infection are more likely in cancer patients and growing attention has been given to the persistent symptoms of the disease after severe COVID-19. However, mild illness is the dominant clinical presentation of COVID-19 infection. To investigate patients' behavior and the short- and longer-term pattern of the disease in cancer patients with mild COVID infection, a longitudinal online survey was conducted for 16 months during the pandemic in a large cohort of cancer patients from a French COVID-19 hot spot. An online questionnaire was administered at three time points between the first wave of the pandemic in France and the fourth wave. The questionnaire was completed by 1415 to 2224 patients, which queried patients' demographics, their behav

SUBMITTER: Hajjaji N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9209649 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature