Overweight, diabetes, asthma, age … Dangerous co-morbidities for patients with Covid-19 have been well identified by medical teams from the start of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic that has crossed the world. Among the diseases widely spread around the world is also cancer. The Institut Curie, specialized in oncology, worked on the chances of survival of cancer patients who also contracted Covid-19. Their results do not show excess mortality in these patients.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Between mid-March and early May 2020, the Institut Curie listed nearly 200 patients treated for cancers of different types and diagnosed with Covid-19. Each of them, treated on an outpatient basis (day in the hospital but back home in the evening) or hospitalized, was actively monitored for 28 days. As a result, the mortality rate in this cohort was 19%, a rate similar to that of the general population (reaching 20%), suggesting the absence of excess mortality linked to SARS-CoV-2 infection in cancer patients. Clinical analyzes, imaging data and PCR test results revealed that the incidence of Covid-19 in these patients (1.4%) was very close to that of the general population. “data-reactid =” 24 “>Between mid-March and early May 2020, the Institut Curie listed nearly 200 patients treated for cancers of different types and diagnosed with Covid-19. Each of them, treated on an outpatient basis (day in the hospital but back home in the evening) or hospitalized, was actively monitored for 28 days. As a result, the mortality rate in this cohort was 19%, a rate similar to that of the general population (reaching 20%), suggesting the absence of excess mortality linked to SARS-CoV-2 infection in cancer patients. Clinical analyzes, imaging data and PCR test results revealed that the incidence of Covid-19 in these patients (1.4%) was very close to that of the general population.
<p class = "canvas-atom canvas-text Mb (1.0em) Mb (0) – sm Mt (0.8em) – sm" type = "text" content = "Immunology could explain why there is not much difference between these two types of population. “The first hypothesis would be that the mechanisms of immunity to cancer are different from those of Covid-19. Another possibility would be that since the immunological state of cancer patients is quite” deteriorated “, there would be fewer forms serious since there is no longer an excessive immune response. We will try to answer this question in the coming months“, explains doctor Vincent Servois. “data-reactid =” 25 “>Immunology could explain why there is not much difference between these two types of population. “The first hypothesis would be that the mechanisms of immunity to cancer are different from those of Covid-19. Another possibility would be that since the immunological state of cancer patients is quite” deteriorated “, there would be fewer forms serious since there is no longer an excessive immune response. We will try to answer this question in the coming months“, explains doctor Vincent Servois.
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