2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.05.062
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Fatality rate of COVID-19 in patients with malignancies: a sytematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract: Fatality rate of COVID-19 in patients with malignancies: a sytematic review and meta-analysis Dear Editor, With great interest, we read the recently published letter by Ma et al. (2020) 1 who describe the demographics, clinical features, and prognosis of cancer patients with COVID-19 infection. In this study fatality rate of the COVID-19 in patients with malignancies reported as 13.5%. To have a better estimation of fatality rate, in this letter, we aimed to summarize the fatality rate among cancer patients wi… Show more

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“…Cancer patients have been described as one of the most susceptible groups in the COVID-19 pandemic, having shown so far a high mortality ratio (7)(8)(9). Specifically, patients with hematologic cancers (leukemia, myeloma and lymphoma), lung cancer, or metastatic cancer (stage IV) had the uppermost frequency of severe events, described as a condition requiring admission to an intensive care unit, the use of mechanical ventilation, or death (82).…”
Section: The Role Of Btk In Covid-19 Patients With Cancermentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Cancer patients have been described as one of the most susceptible groups in the COVID-19 pandemic, having shown so far a high mortality ratio (7)(8)(9). Specifically, patients with hematologic cancers (leukemia, myeloma and lymphoma), lung cancer, or metastatic cancer (stage IV) had the uppermost frequency of severe events, described as a condition requiring admission to an intensive care unit, the use of mechanical ventilation, or death (82).…”
Section: The Role Of Btk In Covid-19 Patients With Cancermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Various studies demonstrated that cancer patients are at high risk of COVID-19 complication and mortality comparing to the general population (7)(8)(9). Importantly, patients with hematologic malignancies have shown highest levels of mortality from COVID-19 comparing to the rest of cancers (10).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Despite the widespread reach of the COVID‐19's pandemic, children are an often‐overlooked population due to their lower mortality rates 8–10 . For instance, one study has reported a mortality rate of 0.03 per 100 000 deaths among children aged 0–9 years, 11 with some countries having rates as low as 0.18%, 12 as compared with mortality rates exceeding 10% among adults 12–14 . However, child welfare organisations have warned that the various lockdown measures will lead to more cases of child sexual, physical and emotional abuse and neglect 15 .…”
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“…However, the high mortality rate in cancer patients who become infected with the new coronavirus must be taken into account. Afshar et al consider the fatality rate as between 5.5% and 60% in this group of patients without specifying the type of cancer [17][18][19][20][21][22].…”
Section: Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer Treatment In Covid-19 mentioning
confidence: 99%