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COVID-19 and Cancer Patients
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Patel R
; Park J
; Shah A
; Saif MW
Cancer Med J
2020[]; 3
(1
): 40-48
PMID32405629
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COVID-19 has now been declared a global pandemic with evolving incidence rates
and fatalities. It is important to identify vulnerable populations who will be
impacted most by this pandemic leading to higher mortality rates compared to the
general healthy population. Although older patients and patients with
co-morbidities fall into this vulnerable group, patients with hematologic and
oncologic malignancies on active cytotoxic treatments are at even greater risk as
they are both myelosuppressed and immunosuppressed. In addition to following the
universal guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), it is
important to also institute guidelines for cancer centers to help protect this
vulnerable population. We review the current data, risks, and recommendations for
COVID-19 in cancer patients.