About The Study: This analysis shows that in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 16,561 deaths occurred in the U.S. among patients with cancer with complications of COVID-19, and were more likely to occur in older patients, minority race and ethnicity groups, and in large metropolitan areas.
Authors: Xuesong Han, Ph.D., of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.4315)
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