Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Researchers Find That Common Cancer Treatments Don't Worsen Coronavirus Infection
June 25, 2020
June 25, 2020
NEW YORK, June 25 -- The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center issued the following news release:
The characterization of COVID-19 in patients with cancer remains limited in published studies and nationwide surveillance analyses. Reports from China and Italy have raised the possibility that patients with cancer on active therapy have a higher risk of COVID-19 related severe events, although there is a knowledge gap as to which aspects of cancer and its treatment increase the risk o . . .
The characterization of COVID-19 in patients with cancer remains limited in published studies and nationwide surveillance analyses. Reports from China and Italy have raised the possibility that patients with cancer on active therapy have a higher risk of COVID-19 related severe events, although there is a knowledge gap as to which aspects of cancer and its treatment increase the risk o . . .