{"id":403,"date":"2021-07-06T05:49:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T05:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drpragnya.com\/blog\/?p=403"},"modified":"2021-07-06T06:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T06:01:21","slug":"chemotherapy-may-not-affect-risk-of-covid-19-in-cancer-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drpragnya.com\/blog\/chemotherapy-may-not-affect-risk-of-covid-19-in-cancer-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemotherapy May Not Affect Risk Of COVID-19 In Cancer Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/drpragnya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Chemotherapy-May-Not-Affect-Risk-Of-COVID-19-In-Cancer-Patients-1-1024x675.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"413\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/drpragnya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Chemotherapy-May-Not-Affect-Risk-Of-COVID-19-In-Cancer-Patients-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/drpragnya.com\/blog\/chemotherapy-may-not-affect-risk-of-covid-19-in-cancer-patients\/chemotherapy-may-not-affect-risk-of-covid-19-in-cancer-patients-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-413\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chemotherapy May Not Affect Risk Of COVID-19 In Cancer Patients<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the recent past there has been concern on whether individuals with cancer may be at increased risk of COVID-19 and have more severe complications if infected. Due to these uncertainties, many changes have been be made to typical treatment schedules for cancer care. A study published by American Association for Cancer Research was conducted to understand and identify risk factors for developing COVID-19 among cancer patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this study the researchers looked through 1,174 cases of people diagnosed with cancer who were tested for COVID-19 between March and June of 2020 in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On analysis, they found that people with cancer who were older or obese were more likely to test positive for COVID-19. There was also a higher likelihood of testing positive for COVID-19 among minority races and ethnicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results showed that being recently diagnosed with cancer or currently undergoing treatment &nbsp;for cancer were not linked to a higher risk of developing COVID-19. Furthermore, people who were currently being treated with chemotherapy were actually less likely to develop COVID-19 than people diagnosed with cancer who were not receiving chemotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is speculated that these numbers are reflective of the more meticulous habits of people receiving chemotherapy -such as strict social distancing, wearing a face mask, and washing hands- than people not receiving chemotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The findings of this study are encouraging for anyone currently being treated for cancer with chemotherapy, as they may not be at increased risk for becoming infected with COVID-19. Therefore, delays in cancer diagnosis and treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic should be minimized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Monica F. Chen, Monica T. Coronel, Samuel Pan, Arreum Kim, Jessica Hawley, Gary Schwartz, Katherine Crew. Factors associated with developing COVID-19 among cancer patients in New York City [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Virtual Meeting: COVID-19 and Cancer; 2021 Feb 3-5. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Clin Cancer Res 2021;27(6_Suppl):Abstract nr S11-02. Source Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/clincancerres.aacrjournals.org\/content\/27\/6_Supplement\/S11-02\">Abstract S11-02: Factors associated with developing COVID-19 among cancer patients in New York City | Clinical Cancer Research (aacrjournals.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Know the cancer \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.drpragnya.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breast cancer treatment&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previous : <a href=\"https:\/\/drpragnya.com\/blog\/covid-vaccines-can-cause-lymph-node-enlargement-may-not-indicate-breast-cancer\/\">COVID vaccines can cause lymph node enlargement; may not indicate breast cancer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chemotherapy May Not Affect Risk Of COVID-19 In Cancer Patients In the recent past there has been concern on whether individuals with cancer may be at increased risk of COVID-19 and have more severe complications if infected. 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