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Outcomes and Prognostic Factors in a Large Cohort of Hospitalized Cancer Patients With COVID-19
oleh: Guilherme Nader Marta, Renata Colombo Bonadio, Odeli Nicole Encinas Sejas, Gabriel Watarai, Maria Cecilia Mathias Machado, Lorena Teixeira Frasson, Camila Motta Venchiarutti Moniz, Raquel Keiko de Luca Ito, Driele Peixoto, Camilla Oliveira Hoff, Veruska Menegatti Anastacio, Ulysses Ribeiro, Juliana Pereira, Vanderson Rocha, Edson Abdala, Maria Del Pilar Estevez-Diz, Paulo M. Hoff
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Diterbitkan: | American Society of Clinical Oncology 2021-12-01 |
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PURPOSEPatients with cancer are at increased risk for unfavorable outcomes from COVID-19. Knowledge about the outcome determinants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in this population is essential for risk stratification and definition of appropriate management. Our objective was to evaluate prognostic factors for all-cause mortality in patients diagnosed with both cancer and COVID-19.METHODSAll consecutive patients with cancer hospitalized at our institution with COVID-19 were included. Electronic medical records were reviewed for clinical and laboratory characteristics potentially associated with outcomes.RESULTSFive hundred seventy-six consecutive patients with cancer and COVID-19 were included in the present study. An overall in-hospital mortality rate of 49.3% was demonstrated. Clinical factors associated with increased risk of death because of COVID-19 were age over 65 years, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status > 0 zero, best supportive care, primary lung cancer, and the presence of lung metastases. Laboratory findings associated with a higher risk of unfavorable outcomes were neutrophilia, lymphopenia, and elevated levels of D-dimer, creatinine, C-reactive protein, or AST.CONCLUSIONA high mortality rate in patients with cancer who were diagnosed with COVID-19 was demonstrated in the present study, emphasizing the need for close surveillance in this group of patients, especially in those with unfavorable prognostic characteristics.