Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and Its Impact on Patients with Cancer
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 April 2023) | Viewed by 25666
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Interests: cancer immunology; cell therapy; drug resistance; personalised medicine
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Dear Colleagues,
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) became a global pandemic in 2020. This continues to impact upon patients with cancer. The ongoing pandemic, with its multiple variants and waves of disease, has resulted in missed or delayed cancer diagnosis, alterations to standard treatment and risk of severe outcomes including increased morbidity or death following COVID-19.
Patients with cancer appear to be at greater risk compared to those without cancer following infection with SARS-CoV-2. Vaccination offers protection; however, this protection is reduced for those who are immunocompromised such as those with cancer. The global oncology community responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with many COVID-19 and cancer registries and studies. These studies have identified potential risk factors for worse outcomes, including advanced or metastatic disease, hematological malignancies, and potentially certain classes of systemic anticancer treatments.
We hope that this Special Issue will collect and highlight the evidence needed to help shape long-term management of patients with cancer in a world where COVID-19 remains a risk. We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Alvin J. X. Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- COVID-19
- SARS-CoV-2
- coronavirus
- cancer
- malignancy
- oncology
- survival
- mortality
- outcomes
- long-term sequelae
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