Cancer and COVID-19: Analysis of Patient Outcomes
Mohamed Aboueshia, Mohammad H. Hussein, Abdallah S. Attia, Aubrey Swinford, Peter Miller, Mahmoud Omar, Eman A. Toraih, Nakhle S. Saba, Hana Safah, Juan Duchesne, Emad Kandil
Abstract
Outcomes in COVID-19 appear to be driven by obesity as well as active smoking, with no difference in mortality between cancer and noncancer patients.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCancerMalignancyRetrospective cohort studyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Internal medicineObesityCohortDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)COVID-19 and healthcare impactsCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesHealthcare cost, quality, practices