Impact of the First Wave of COVID-19 on Pediatric Oncology and Hematology: A Report from the French Society of Pediatric Oncology

Autor: Jérémie Rouger-Gaudichon, Eric Thébault, Arthur Félix, Aurélie Phulpin, Catherine Paillard, Aurélia Alimi, Benoît Brethon, Elodie Gouache, Sandra Raimbault, Eva de Berranger, Marilyne Poirée, Séverine Bouttefroy, Nicolas André, Virginie Gandemer, on behalf of Société Française de lutte contre les Cancers et leucémies de l’Enfant et de l’adolescent (SFCE)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Cancers, Vol 12, Iss 11, p 3398 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2072-6694
83378332
DOI: 10.3390/cancers12113398
Popis: Data regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) description are still limited in pediatric oncology. The French society of pediatric oncology (SFCE) initiated a study to better describe COVID-19 in patients followed in French pediatric oncology and hematology wards. All patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and followed in a SFCE center were enrolled. Data from medical records were analyzed for all patients enrolled up to the end of May 2020. Data were available for 37 patients. Thirty-one were children under 18 years of age. Nineteen patients were female. Seventeen patients had a solid tumor, 16 had a hematological malignancy and four recently underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for non-oncological conditions. Twenty-eight patients presented symptoms, most often with fever, cough, rhinorrhea and asthenia. Ground-glass opacities were the most frequent radiological finding with abnormalities mostly bilateral and peripherally distributed. Twenty-four patients received chemotherapy a month prior to COVID-19 diagnosis. Most patients did not require hospitalization. Three patients required oxygen at the time of diagnosis. In total, five patients were admitted in an intensive care unit because of COVID-19 and one died from the disease. Children and young adults treated for a cancer and/or with a HSCT may be at risk for severe COVID-19 and should be closely monitored.
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