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Covid-19 and Hematological Malignancies What we have to know?

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  • Nahla A M Hamed

    (Hematology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt)

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Cancers of blood and bone marrow often directly compromise the immune system. Patients with blood cancers are particularly vulnerable to serious illness if they become infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2. Furthermore, the death rate was high among patients with hematological cancers. COVID-19 testing may be a reasonable advice even in asymptomatic patients who will receive immunosuppressive anticancer therapy to guide treatment decision making. Modifying or withholding therapy should be individualized. Factors such as chemotherapy indication, the goals of cancer care as well as where the patient is in the treatment course and the number of chemotherapy cycles given to the patients should be considered.

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  • Nahla A M Hamed, 2020. "Covid-19 and Hematological Malignancies What we have to know?," Cancer Therapy & Oncology International Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 16(4), pages 63-67, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:jctoij:v:16:y:2020:i:4:p:63-67
    DOI: 10.19080/CTOIJ.2020.16.555942
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