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What is the Clinical Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Patients? – News-Medical.net
Cancer patients are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2, can experience more severe complications of COVID-19 and treatment can be delayed.
Aside from an increased vulnerability of being infected by SARS-CoV-2, cancer patients can also experience more severe complications of COVID-19 and/or their prognosis can be indirectly affected by delaying treatment.
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As of January 18, 2021, the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infected over 95 million people around the world and was responsible for the death of over 2 million people.
The scientific understanding of SARS-CoV-2…
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