2Deparment of Medical Oncology, Başakşehir Çam and Sakura City Hospıtal, İstanbul-Türkiye
3Deparment of Internal Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul-Türkiye DOI : 10.5505/tjo.2022.3784 OBJECTIVE
It is known that cancer patients are more prone to infections than the general population. We aimed to describe the risk factors affecting the survival of cancer patients infected with COVID-19 and clinical findings compared with a large COVID-19 patient population without cancer diagnosis.
METHODS
The clinical data of 61 cancer and 558 non-patients with COVID-19 infection who applied to the emergency
room were compared retrospectively. Risk factors affecting overall survival in cancer patients were analyzed.
RESULTS
Gender and mean age were comparable in both groups. In the entire cohort, cancer diagnosis was found
to be an independent poor prognostic factor (hazard ratio [HR] = 3.09, p<0.001) among other comorbidities.
In univariate analysis; lung cancer, activated partial thromboplastin time >32 seconds, INR >1.1,
N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) >400 pg/ml, C-reactive protein >100 mg/L,
and procalcitonin >0.23 ng/mL were determined as prognostic risk factors. Lung cancer (HR=5.277,
p=0.012) and NT-proBNP >400 pg/ml (HR=0.139, p=0.021) were determined as independent prognostic
risk factors in multivariate analysis.
CONCLUSION
Cancer patients with COVID-19 infection have poor survival outcomes. Lung cancer diagnosis and
elevated NT-proBNP levels were identified as the most crucial prognostic risk factors in cancer patients
infected with COVID-19.