Is obesity a risk factor in cancer patients with COVID-19?

Future Oncol. 2021 Sep;17(27):3541-3544. doi: 10.2217/fon-2021-0676. Epub 2021 Jul 13.

Authors

Robin Park¹, Elizabeth Wulff-Burchfield², Weijing Sun², Anup Kasi²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, MetroWest Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine, Framingham, MA 01702, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Kansas University Cancer Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Kansas City, KS 66205, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; obesity; risk determinant.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / mortality*
Humans
Neoplasms / epidemiology
Obesity / epidemiology*
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2