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Cancer and COVID-19: Unmasking their ties.

Alfredo Addeo, +1 more
- 01 Aug 2020 - 
- Vol. 88, pp 102041-102041
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The impact of CO VID-19 on patients affected by cancer, their diagnosis and management, as well as the pathophysiology of COVID-19 induced acute respiratory distress symptoms and currently investigated treatment approaches are discussed.
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This article is published in Cancer Treatment Reviews.The article was published on 2020-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 81 citations till now.

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Considerations for diagnostic COVID-19 tests.

TL;DR: The crucial role of diagnostic tests during the first global wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the technical and implementation problems encountered during the early phase of the pandemic are explored and future directions for the progressive and better use of diagnostics during a possible resurgence of CO VID-19 in future global waves or regional outbreaks are defined.
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Effects of cancer on patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 63,019 participants.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated cancer incidence in patients with COVID-19 and determined whether cancer was associated with mortality among patients with COPD, and suggested that patients with underlying diseases are more vulnerable to COPD.
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Clinical risk factors for mortality in patients with cancer and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis of recent observational studies.

TL;DR: The findings suggest recent anti-cancer treatments do not increase mortality, and various demographic and clinical characteristics, such as male gender, advanced age, comorbidities, and symptoms, were risk factors for mortality in patients with cancer and COVID-19.
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Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors used univariable and multivariable logistic regression methods to explore the risk factors associated with in-hospital death, including older age, high SOFA score and d-dimer greater than 1 μg/mL.
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COVID-19: consider cytokine storm syndromes and immunosuppression

TL;DR: Re-analysis of data from a phase 3 randomised controlled trial of IL-1 blockade (anakinra) in sepsis, showed significant survival benefit in patients with hyperinflammation, without increased adverse events.
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