Chapter 16: Risk analysis of coronavirus patients who have underlying chronic cancer
V. Kakulapati Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Abstract
Information from various regions shows that leukemia patients are much more at risk than other COVID-19 patients. Their ability to resist diseases is not adequate compared with other COVID-19 patients, as cancer patients and patients with certain chronic conditions, such as middle-aged cancer survivors, are immunocompromised. The resistance toward stimuli is also considerably weaker in cancer patients. The risk of organ-related complications rises when a cancer patient, who may have undergone cancer treatment medication, chronic kidney disease, or chemotherapy ...
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