Abstract

SANCHEZ-RIOS, Carla Paola et al. COVID-19: general recommendations and specifications for the patient with advanced lung cancer. Literature review. Neumol. cir. torax [online]. 2020, vol.79, n.2, pp.101-109.  Epub Feb 28, 2022. ISSN 0028-3746.  https://doi.org/10.35366/94636.

The outbreak of the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a threat to global health. We know that the risk of serious disease and death in COVID-19 cases increases with age and the presence of comorbid health conditions such as obesity, systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, COPD, and immunosuppressed states such as cancer. Since the first case emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019, huge research efforts have been made to understand the transmissibility mechanisms and potential therapeutic offerings that impact mortality rates. In this review, the potential challenges of the COVID-19 patient and lung cancer are raised.

Keywords : COVID19; cancer; prognosis.