Impact of COVID-19 on case fatality rate of patients with cancer during the Omicron wave

Matthew Lee; Ryann Quinn; Kith Pradhan; Kateryna Fedorov; David Levitz; Ariel Fromowitz; Astha Thakkar; Lauren C Shapiro; Rafi Kabarriti; Rafael E Ruiz; Erin M Andrews; Raja Thota; Edward Chu; Shalom Kalnicki; Yitz Goldstein; David Loeb; Andrew Racine; Balazs Halmos; Vikas Mehta; Amit Verma

doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2022.02.012

Impact of COVID-19 on case fatality rate of patients with cancer during the Omicron wave

Cancer Cell. 2022 Apr 11;40(4):343-345. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2022.02.012. Epub 2022 Feb 22.

Authors

Matthew Lee¹, Ryann Quinn¹, Kith Pradhan², Kateryna Fedorov¹, David Levitz¹, Ariel Fromowitz¹, Astha Thakkar¹, Lauren C Shapiro¹, Rafi Kabarriti³, Rafael E Ruiz⁴, Erin M Andrews⁴, Raja Thota⁴, Edward Chu⁵, Shalom Kalnicki³, Yitz Goldstein⁶, David Loeb⁷, Andrew Racine⁷, Balazs Halmos⁸, Vikas Mehta⁹, Amit Verma¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; MECC Cancer Therapeutics Program, Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Network Performance Group, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁵ Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; MECC Cancer Therapeutics Program, Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁶ Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁸ Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; MECC Cancer Therapeutics Program, Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. Electronic address: bahalmos@montefiore.org.
⁹ Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; MECC Cancer Epidemiology Prevention and Control Program, Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. Electronic address: vikameht@montefiore.org.
¹⁰ Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; MECC Stem Cell Cancer Biology Program Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center (MECC), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. Electronic address: amit.verma@einsteinmed.edu.

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Hospitalization
Humans
Neoplasms*
SARS-CoV-2

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