{"title":"Preventing Geriatric Oncology Patients from the Spread of COVID-19","authors":"A. I. Yasin, P. Soysal","doi":"10.37047/jos.2020-76410","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"mortality from cancer occur in patients ≥65 years of age.1 The care of older patients constitutes an integral part of the everyday practice for an adult oncologist. Now it is known that COVID-19 infection has higher mortality in older patients and especially in those with chronic comorbidities.2 Cancer patients and especially old cancer patients create the most critical risk group in existing risk groups. In addition to aging, cancer itself and its treatments like chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and oncologic surgeries also weaken the immune system.3","PeriodicalId":31838,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oncological Sciences","volume":"2 1","pages":"131-132"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Oncological Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.37047/jos.2020-76410","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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mortality from cancer occur in patients ≥65 years of age.1 The care of older patients constitutes an integral part of the everyday practice for an adult oncologist. Now it is known that COVID-19 infection has higher mortality in older patients and especially in those with chronic comorbidities.2 Cancer patients and especially old cancer patients create the most critical risk group in existing risk groups. In addition to aging, cancer itself and its treatments like chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and oncologic surgeries also weaken the immune system.3
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