COVID-19 in Children with Cancer.

Autor: Kahn AR; Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Saint Joseph's University Medical Center, 703 Main Street, Paterson, NJ, 07503, USA. kahnar@sjhmc.org., Schwalm CM; Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Bronson Methodist Hospital, 601 John Street, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007, USA., Wolfson JA; Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1600 7th Avenue S, Lowder Suite 500, Birmingham, AL, USA., Levine JM; Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th St, Payson 6, New York, NY, 10024, USA., Johnston EE; Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1600 7th Avenue S, Lowder Suite 500, Birmingham, AL, USA.; Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current oncology reports [Curr Oncol Rep] 2022 Mar; Vol. 24 (3), pp. 295-302. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 03.
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-022-01207-1
Abstrakt: Purpose of Review: This study aims to describe what is currently known about how children with cancer have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including morbidity and mortality, interruptions in cancer care and delays in diagnosis, and psychosocial effects. Here we summarize the literature on how this patient population has fared during the pandemic, reviewing multiple smaller reports along with two large registries.
Recent Findings: Although children with cancer generally have better outcomes with COVID-19 infection than adults with cancer, their risks of hospitalization, ICU admission, and death are greatly increased compared to the general pediatric population. There are socioeconomic and ethnic disparities present in these effects. Children with cancer experience significant risks from the COVID-19 pandemic. It has yet to be seen how delays and interruptions of cancer treatment and direct organ toxicities caused by the virus itself may affect long-term outcomes in these patients.
(© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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