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. 2020 Dec 17;7(2):304–306. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.6778

Table 1. Characteristics of the Studied Population Stratified by SARS-CoV-2 Development.

Characteristic No. (%)
Total population of patients receiving active antitumor treatment
(January 15-May 4, 2020)
Patients developing SARS-CoV-2 infection Patients not developing SARS-CoV-2 infection
No. 59 989 406 (0.68) 59 583 (99.32)
Age, median (range), y 65 (20-97) 68 (28-89) 65
Female 31 876 (53.2) 184 (45.3) 31 692 (53.2)
Male 25 878 (43.1) 219 (53.9) 25 659 (43.1)
Unknown 2235 (3.7) 3 (0.7) 2232 (3.7)
Cancer type
Lung 5460 (9.1) 91 (22.4) 5369 (9)
Breast 10 321 (17.2) 75 (18.5) 10 246 (17.2)
Colorectal 6141 (10.2) 38 (9.4) 6103 (10.3)
Prostate 2735 (4.6) 35 (8.6) 2700 (4.5)
Other 12 826 (21.4) 164 (40.4) 12 662 (21.3)
Gynecologic NS 19 (4.7) NS
Urothelial NS 15 (3.7) NS
Hematologic NS 24 (5.9) NS
Upper GI (gastric, biliary, pancreatic) NS 42 (10.3) NS
Melanoma and skin NS 11 (2.7) NS
Kidney NS 9 (2.2) NS
Soft tissue sarcoma NS 17 (4.2) NS
Others types of tumor NS 27 (6.7) NS
Unknown 22 506 (37.5) 3 (0.7) 22 503 (37.5)
Antineoplastic therapy
Chemotherapy +/– biologics 20 895 (34.8) 244 (60.1) 20 651 (34.7)
Chemo-immunotherapy 1099 (1.8) 8 (2) 1091 (1.8)
Immunotherapy 4327 (7.2) 41 (10.1) 4286 (7.2)
Targeted 5974 (10) 74 (18.2) 5900 (9.9)
Others 3881 (6.5) 36 (8.9) 3845 (6)
Hormone NA 34 (8.4) NA
Other types of treatment NA 2 (0.5) NA
Unknown 23 813 (39.7) 3 (0.7) 23 810 (40)
Clinical presentation
Symptomatic NA 339 (83.4) NA
Asymptomatic (contact with a known positive case) NA 63 (15.6) NA
Unknown NA 4 (1) NA
Hospitalization
Yes NA 314 (77.3) NA
No NA 87 (21.4) NA
Unknown NA 5 (1.2) NA

Abbreviations: NA, not applicable; NS, not specified; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.