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.