Chemotherapy in cancer patients with Covid-19 'not a risk'
Continuing chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatment in cancer patients with Covid-19 is not a risk to their survival, a study suggests.
They are also keen to investigate why UK cancer patients with Covid-19 in the study were more likely to die than in the three other countries.Dr David Pinato, from the department of surgery and cancer at Imperial College London, and study leader, said he was"concerned" by the figures and called for the UK to"acknowledge the mortality rate".
Men, the over-65s and those with other health conditions fared worse than other cancer patients with the virus - the same risk factors for the general population.
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