TY - JOUR
T1 - Presenting features and early mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection in cancer patients during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
AU - Pinato, David J.
AU - Lee, Alvin J.X.
AU - Biello, Federica
AU - Seguí, Elia
AU - Aguilar-Company, Juan
AU - Carbó, Anna
AU - Bruna, Riccardo
AU - Bower, Mark
AU - Rizzo, Gianpiero
AU - Benafif, Sarah
AU - Carmona, Carme
AU - Chopra, Neha
AU - Cruz, Claudia Andrea
AU - D’avanzo, Francesca
AU - Evans, Joanne S.
AU - Galazi, Myria
AU - Garcia-Fructuoso, Isabel
AU - Pria, Alessia Dalla
AU - Newsom-Davis, Thomas
AU - Ottaviani, Diego
AU - Patriarca, Andrea
AU - Reyes, Roxana
AU - Sharkey, Rachel
AU - Sng, Christopher C.T.
AU - Wong, Yien Ning Sophia
AU - Ferrante, Daniela
AU - Scotti, Lorenza
AU - Avanzi, Gian Carlo
AU - Bellan, Mattia
AU - Castello, Luigi Mario
AU - Marco-Hernández, Javier
AU - Mollà, Meritxell
AU - Pirisi, Mario
AU - Ruiz-Camps, Isabel
AU - Sainaghi, Pier Paolo
AU - Gaidano, Gianluca
AU - Brunet, Joan
AU - Tabernero, Josep
AU - Prat, Aleix
AU - Gennari, Alessandra
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - We describe the outcomes in cancer patients during the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 in Europe from the retrospective, multi-center observational OnCovid study. We identified 204 cancer patients from eight centers in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain aged > 18 (mean = 69) and diagnosed with COVID-19 between February 26th and April 1st, 2020. A total of 127 (62%) were male, 184 (91%) had a diagnosis of solid malignancy, and 103 (51%) had non-metastatic disease. A total of 161 (79%) had > 1 co-morbidity. A total of 141 (69%) patients had > 1 COVID-19 complication. A total of 36 (19%) were escalated to high-dependency or intensive care. A total of 59 (29%) died, 53 (26%) were discharged, and 92 (45%) were in-hospital survivors. Mortality was higher in patients aged > 65 (36% versus 16%), in those with > 2 co-morbidities (40% versus 18%) and developing > 1 complication from COVID-19 (38% versus 4%, p = 0.004). Multi-variable analyses confirmed age > 65 and > 2 co-morbidities to predict for patient mortality independent of tumor stage, active malignancy, or anticancer therapy. During the early outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Europe co-morbid burden and advancing age predicted for adverse disease course in cancer patients. The ongoing OnCovid study will allow us to compare risks and outcomes in cancer patients between the initial and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
AB - We describe the outcomes in cancer patients during the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 in Europe from the retrospective, multi-center observational OnCovid study. We identified 204 cancer patients from eight centers in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain aged > 18 (mean = 69) and diagnosed with COVID-19 between February 26th and April 1st, 2020. A total of 127 (62%) were male, 184 (91%) had a diagnosis of solid malignancy, and 103 (51%) had non-metastatic disease. A total of 161 (79%) had > 1 co-morbidity. A total of 141 (69%) patients had > 1 COVID-19 complication. A total of 36 (19%) were escalated to high-dependency or intensive care. A total of 59 (29%) died, 53 (26%) were discharged, and 92 (45%) were in-hospital survivors. Mortality was higher in patients aged > 65 (36% versus 16%), in those with > 2 co-morbidities (40% versus 18%) and developing > 1 complication from COVID-19 (38% versus 4%, p = 0.004). Multi-variable analyses confirmed age > 65 and > 2 co-morbidities to predict for patient mortality independent of tumor stage, active malignancy, or anticancer therapy. During the early outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Europe co-morbid burden and advancing age predicted for adverse disease course in cancer patients. The ongoing OnCovid study will allow us to compare risks and outcomes in cancer patients between the initial and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Cancer
KW - Coronavirus
KW - Mortality
KW - Outcomes
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - Survival
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U2 - 10.3390/cancers12071841
DO - 10.3390/cancers12071841
M3 - Article
SN - 2072-6694
VL - 12
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Cancers
JF - Cancers
IS - 7
M1 - 1841
ER -