Multinational Consortium Reports COVID-19 Impact on Cancer Patients: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 29 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
People with cancer sickened by COVID-19 have a crude death rate of 13%, according to the largest series of data released thus far from a multinational perspective. The data on more than 900 patients, published May 28 in The Lancet and simultaneously presented at ASCO20 Virtual, also revealed cancer-specific factors associated with increased mortality.
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People with cancer sickened by COVID-19 have a crude death rate of 13%, according to the largest series of data released thus far from a multinational perspective. The data on more than 900 patients, published May 28 in The Lancet and simultaneously presented at ASCO20 Virtual, also revealed cancer-specific factors associated with increased mortality.
The information is the f . . .