Challenges of cancer immunotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic

NM Kuderer, GH Lyman - Cancer Investigation, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
An early meta-analysis of 16 studies of patients with COVID-19 receiving systemic cancer
therapy, found an increased risk of death in those receiving chemotherapy within the past …

COVID-19 and cancer: special considerations for patients receiving immunotherapy and immunosuppressive cancer therapies

JD Goldman, MA Gonzalez, MM Rüthrich… - American Society of …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
Patients with cancer generally have a higher risk of adverse outcomes from COVID-19, with
higher age, male sex, poor performance status, cancer type, and uncontrolled malignant …

Clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients treated with immunotherapy

H Hatic, KR Hearld, D Das, J Deshane - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Patients with cancer who contract COVID-19 are very vulnerable to
increased complications and illness while actively being treated with chemotherapy or …

Interplay of immunosuppression and immunotherapy among patients with cancer and COVID-19

Z Bakouny, C Labaki, P Grover, J Awosika… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cytokine storm due to COVID-19 can cause high morbidity and mortality and
may be more common in patients with cancer treated with immunotherapy (IO) due to …

Abstract S02-01: clinical characteristics and outcomes of coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI)

A Rogiers, C Tondini, JM Grimes, MH Trager… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Background: ICI are widely used in the treatment of various cancer types. It has been
hypothesized that ICI could confer an increased risk of severe acute lung injury or other …

Clinical outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in cancer patients with prior exposure to immune checkpoint inhibitors

Q Wu, Q Chu, H Zhang, B Yang, X He… - Cancer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Dear Editor, The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected over
6,000,000 people globally [1]. Patients with COVID-19 manifest with symptoms of fever, dry …

[HTML][HTML] Insights from immuno-oncology: the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Statement on access to IL-6-targeting therapies for COVID-19

PA Ascierto, BA Fox, WJ Urba… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Thehypoxia and profound inflammatory response associated with the pneumonitisobserved
with the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the recent COVID-19 pandemic has …

COVID-19, the future vaccine and what it means for cancer patients on immunotherapy

KH El-Shakankery, J Kefas, R Miller - Frontiers in Oncology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As of 22nd December 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) reported 2,110,314 cases of
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with 79,349 deaths (1). There have been subsequent …

<? covid19?> Patients with locally advanced and metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma treated with immunotherapy in the era of COVID-19: stop or go …

M Saponara, L Pala, F Conforti… - Therapeutic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the end of 2019, global healthcare systems have been dealing with the COVID-19
pandemic. In oncology, the biggest questions concern interaction of COVID-19 with pre …

Impact of immune checkpoint inhibitors on COVID-19 severity in patients with cancer

R Tan, C Yun, A Seetasith, D Sheinson, R Walls… - The …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Amid continued uncertainty about the management of cancer patients during
the pandemic, this study sought to obtain real-world data on the use of immune checkpoint …