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Department of Medical Oncology, Universitary Ramón y Cajal Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Review Article
Impact of Covid-19 in Cancer Patients Treated with Immunotherapy: A Review
Author(s): Cristina Saavedra*, Jorge Esteban, Lucía Sanz and Ainara Soria
COVID-19 pandemic has been a devastating disease worldwide. Although an important number of young healthy
people have been affected, elderly, comorbid and immunosuppressed patients have been especially compromised.
Cancer patients usually share several of these features, being considered high risk population.
Limited reliable information about cancer patients and COVID-19 are available, especially concerning to the risk that
oncological therapies could involve. Immunotherapy is a novel therapy extensively used in oncology. Even though it is
not a myelosuppressive treatment, its safety use in this context is unknown. Immunotherapy boosts immune system,
mainly cytotoxic T cell response. This suggests that could have a favourable role in viral elimination. However,
concerns about a detrimental influence have been discuss in oncological community. Most severe COVID-19 patients
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DOI:
10.35248/2161-0495.20.10.449