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. 2020 Jul 22;10:1279. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.01279

Table 2.

Tumor characteristics of COVID-19 positive cancer patients.

Total (n = 156) WHO COVID grade
Mild/moderate (n = 128) Severe (n = 28)
n % n % n %
Cancer type
Urological/gynae 45 28.80 39 30.50 6 21.40
Gastro-intestinal 21 13.50 19 14.80 2 7.10
Hematological 28 17.90 18 14.10 10 35.70
Skin/head and neck/sarcoma 10 6.40 9 7.00 1 3.60
Central nervous system 11 7.10 10 7.80 1 3.60
Breast 24 15.40 21 16.40 3 10.70
Lung 17 10.90 12 9.40 5 17.90
Cancer stage
I 17 10.90 17 13.30 0 0.00
II 23 14.70 21 16.40 2 7.10
III 22 14.10 18 14.10 4 14.30
IV 63 40.40 49 38.30 14 50.00
Missing 31 19.90 23 18.00 8 28.60
Risk category* (n = 4)
Low 1 25.00 0 0.00 1 33.33
Intermediate 2 50.00 1 100.00 1 33.33
High 1 25.00 0 0.00 1 33.33
Treatment paradigm
Treatment naive 18 11.50 16 12.50 2 7.10
Neoadjuvant 7 4.50 7 5.50 0 0.00
Adjuvant 8 5.10 8 6.30 0 0.00
Radical 38 24.40 28 21.90 10 35.70
Palliative 60 38.50 49 38.30 11 39.30
Watch and wait 7 4.50 7 5.50 0 0.00
Surveillance 12 7.70 10 7.80 2 7.10
Missing 6 3.80 3 2.30 3 10.70
Line of palliative treatment (N = 54)
1 27 50.00 23 52.27 4 40.00
2 18 33.33 13 29.55 5 50.00
3 6 11.11 5 11.36 1 10.00
4 1 1.90 1 2.27 0 0.00
Missing 2 3.70 2 4.55 0 0.00
Systemic treatment (N = 81)
Systemic chemotherapy 45 55.60 34 53.10 11 64.60
Immunotherapy 7 8.60 5 7.80 2 11.80
Biological 13 16.00 11 17.20 2 11.80
Targeted therapy 5 6.20 5 7.80 0 0.00
Combination therapy 11 13.60 9 14.10 2 11.80
Time since cancer diagnosis
<3 months 41 26.30 34 26.60 7 25.00
3–12 months 30 19.20 25 19.50 5 17.90
12–24 months 20 12.80 18 14.10 2 7.10
>24 months 57 36.50 45 35.20 12 42.90
Performance status
0 19 12.20 17 13.30 2 7.10
1 43 27.60 34 26.60 9 32.10
2 33 21.20 27 21.10 6 21.40
3 14 9.00 13 10.20 1 3.60
4 6 3.80 5 3.90 1 3.60
*

For myeloid malignancies only.