Covid-19 in patients with hematological and solid cancers at a Comprehensive Cancer Center in Germany.
Cancer Med
; 9(22): 8412-8422, 2020 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-757780
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Patients with cancer are considered a high-risk group for viral pneumonia, with an increased probability of fatal outcome. Here, we investigated the clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with solid and hematological cancers and concomitant Covid-19 at a Comprehensive Cancer Center in a Covid-19 hotspot area in Germany.METHODS:
We performed a retrospective single center cohort study of 39 patients with hematological and solid cancers who were hospitalized at the University Hospital Freiburg for Covid-19. Using univariate and multivariate Cox regression models we compared time to severe events and overall survival to an age-matched control cohort of 39 patients with confirmed Covid-19 without a cancer diagnosis.RESULTS:
In the cancer cohort 29 patients had a diagnosis of a solid tumor, and 10 had a hematological malignancy. In total, eight patients (21%) in the cancer and 14 patients (36%) from the noncancer cohort died during the observation period. Presence of a malignancy was not significantly associated with survival or time to occurrence of severe events. Major influences on mortality were high IL-6 levels at Covid-19 diagnosis (HR = 6.95, P = .0121) and age ≥ 65 years (HR = 6.22, P = .0156).CONCLUSIONS:
Compared to an age-matched noncancer cohort, we did not observe an association between a cancer diagnosis and a more severe disease course or higher fatality rate in patients with Covid-19. Patients with a hematological malignancy showed a trend towards a longer duration until clinical improvement and longer hospitalization time compared to patients with a solid cancer. Cancer per se does not seem to be a confounder for dismal outcome in Covid-19.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Oncology Service, Hospital
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Coronavirus Infections
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Hematologic Neoplasms
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Betacoronavirus
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Hospitalization
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Cancer Med
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cam4.3460
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