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. 2021 Mar 25;11:652535. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.652535

Table 2.

Unadjusted odds ratios (ORs) of COVID-19 among cancer patients compared to COVID-19 in the non-cancer population by tumor subtype and oncological treatment modality.

Number of individuals with cancer and COVID-19 Number of individuals with cancer without COVID-19 Odds ratio of COVID-19 disease (95% CI)
All cancer C00-96 (ICD-10) 547 305299 1.15 (1.05–1.26)
Solid tumors (all except C81–96) 493 279686 1.13 (1.03–1.24)
Non-solid tumors C81–96 54 25613 1.35 (1.02–1.77)
Digestive organs C15–26 73 40671 1.15 (0.90–1.45)
Respiratory organs C30–34, C38 13 9986 0.84 (0.44–1.43)
Melanoma of the skin C43 65 27071 1.54 (1.19–1.97)
Skin, non-melanoma C44 33 14932 1.42 (0.98–2.00)
Breast C50 85 49738 1.10 (0.88–1.36)
Female genital organs C51–58 33 23827 0.87 (0.60–1.23)
Male genital organs C60–63 105 58874 1.16 (0.95–1.42)
Urinary organs C64–68 35 20852 1.08 (0.75–1.50)
Central nervous system C70–72 20 13685 0.94 (0.57–1.45)
Thyroid gland C73 20 5975 2.15 (1.31–3.32)
<1 year since cancer diagnosis 53 38806 0.88 (0.66–1.15)
1–5 years since cancer diagnosis 151 79152 1.22 (1.04–1.44)
≥5 years since cancer diagnosis 343 187341 1.18 (1.05–1.31)
Chemotherapy including targeted therapy and immunotherapy last 3 months 71 45599 1.00 (0.78–1.26)
Surgery last 3 months 90 44566 1.30 (1.04–1.60)
Stem cell or bone marrow transplant last 12 months 0 514 0.00 (0.00–4.80)
Radiotherapy last 3 months 7 4929 0.91 (0.37–1.88)

The number of individuals without cancer but with COVID-19 was 7 841 and the number of individuals without cancer and without COVID-19 was 5 034 186.