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Cancer and Risk of COVID-19 Through a General Community Survey
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Uppsala universitet, Molekylär epidemiologi, 2021.
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Abstract
- Individuals with cancer may be at high risk for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and adverse outcomes. However, evidence from large population-based studies examining whether cancer and cancer-related therapy exacerbates the risk of COVID-19 infection is still limited. Data were collected from the COVID Symptom Study smartphone application since March 29 through May 8, 2020. Among 23,266 participants with cancer and 1,784,293 without cancer, we documented 10,404 reports of a positive COVID-19 test. Compared with participants without cancer, those living with cancer had a 60% increased risk of a positive COVID-19 test. Among patients with cancer, current treatment with chemotherapy or immunotherapy was associated with a 2.2-fold increased risk of a positive test. The association between cancer and COVID-19 infection was stronger among participants >65 years and males. Future studies are needed to identify subgroups by tumor types and treatment regimens who are particularly at risk for COVID-19 infection and adverse outcomes.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
0301 basic medicine
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
medicine.medical_treatment
MEDLINE
Antineoplastic Agents
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
COVID-19 Testing
Sex Factors
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Neoplasms
Surveys and Questionnaires
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Young adult
Community survey
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Chemotherapy
Cancer och onkologi
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Age Factors
COVID-19
Cancer
Retrospective cohort study
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Immunotherapy
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi
030104 developmental biology
Oncology
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Cancer and Oncology
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....31aae368217b69aa0878394b7c7e1802