Cancer Patients Found Susceptible to Severe COVID-19

This original case-control study by the JAMA found that patients with cancer and COVID-19 had significantly worse outcomes than patients with COVID-19 without cancer and patients with cancer without COVID-19. These researchers observed synergistic effects between COVID-19 and cancer on both death and hospitalization rates.

These findings published on December 10, 2020, highlight the need to protect and monitor patients with cancer as part of the strategy to control the COVID-19 pandemic.