Background: The world, and Italy on the front lines, has experienced a major medical emergency due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Cancer patients are one of the potentially most vulnerable cohorts of people, but data about their management are still few. Patients and Methods: In this monocentric retrospective study we included all SARS-CoV-2 oncological patients accepted, between March 27th and April 19th 2020, at the Onco-COVID Unit at San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, one of the few Italian oncological-COVID wards. Data were obtained from medical records. Results: Eighteen cancer patients with COVID-19 were included. The mean (±SD) age of patients was 67 ± 14 years, 89% were men. Seven (39%) developed infection in communities and 11 (61%) during hospitalization. Lung cancer was the most frequent type of cancer (10, 56%). Seven patients (39%) were symptomatic for COVID-19 at the time of diagnosis and symptoms began 2 (±2) days before. The most common were shortness of breath and diarrhe...

SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Cancer Patients: A Picture of an Italian Onco-Covid Unit

Reale, Maria Lucia;Bironzo, Paolo;Bertaglia, Valentina;Palesandro, Erica;Leone, Gianmarco;Tabbò, Fabrizio;Bungaro, Maristella;Audisio, Marco;Mariniello, Annapaola;Rapetti, Simonetta G.;Di Stefano, Rosario F.;Capelletto, Enrica;Sperone, Paola;Boccuzzi, Adriana;Calandri, Marco;Passiglia, Francesco;Novello, Silvia
2020-01-01

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Background: The world, and Italy on the front lines, has experienced a major medical emergency due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Cancer patients are one of the potentially most vulnerable cohorts of people, but data about their management are still few. Patients and Methods: In this monocentric retrospective study we included all SARS-CoV-2 oncological patients accepted, between March 27th and April 19th 2020, at the Onco-COVID Unit at San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, one of the few Italian oncological-COVID wards. Data were obtained from medical records. Results: Eighteen cancer patients with COVID-19 were included. The mean (±SD) age of patients was 67 ± 14 years, 89% were men. Seven (39%) developed infection in communities and 11 (61%) during hospitalization. Lung cancer was the most frequent type of cancer (10, 56%). Seven patients (39%) were symptomatic for COVID-19 at the time of diagnosis and symptoms began 2 (±2) days before. The most common were shortness of breath and diarrhe...
2020
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asymptomatic patients; cancer patients; COVID-19; Italian retrospective study; lung cancer;
Reale, Maria Lucia; Bironzo, Paolo; Bertaglia, Valentina; Palesandro, Erica; Leone, Gianmarco; Tabbò, Fabrizio; Bungaro, Maristella; Audisio, Marco; M...espandi
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