Active cancer as the main predictor of mortality for COVID-19 in oncology patients in a specialized center

Conclusion: Active cancer represents the main prognosis factor of death, while the role of cancer stage and type is unclear. Chest CT is a useful tool in the prognosis of death from COVID-19 in cancer patients. It is a challenge to establish the prognostic utility of laboratory markers as their altered values it could have either oncological or pandemic origins.PMID:37746553 | PMC:PMC10511753 | DOI:10.3389/pore.2023.1611236

Source: Pathology Oncology Research - September 25, 2023 Category: Pathology Authors: Freddy Villanueva-Cotrina Juan Velarde Ricardo Rodriguez Alejandra Bonilla Marco Laura Tania Saavedra Diana Portillo-Alvarez Yovel Bustamante Cesar Fernandez Marco Galvez-Nino Source Type: research