Table 1.
Authors | Country | Period of study | Study design | Total of cancer patients with COVID-19 | Conclusions |
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Zhang et al. | China | February 26, 2020 | Retrospective | 28 | Cancer patients developed severe events and have poor outcomes from the SARS-CoV-2 infection. |
Zhonghua et al. | China | February 11, 2020 | Retrospective | 107 | The mortality rate from COVID-19 is higher in cancer patients than in the general population. |
WHO-China Joint Mission | China | February 28, 2020 | Retrospective | Not reported | The mortality rate from COVID-19 of cancer patients is higher than patients without comorbidities. |
Lee et al. | United Kingdom | March 18 to April 26, 2020 | Prospective observational | 800 | Mortality by COVID-19 in cancer patients seems to have been caused by their age, gender, and comorbidities. |
Kuderer et al. | USA, Canada and Spain | March 17 and April 16, 2020 | Retrospective | 928 | Factors associated with mortality in cancer patients with COVID-19 were increasing age, male sex, former smoker, active cancer, comorbidities, ECOG ≥ 2, and treatment with hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin. |
Abbreviations: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.