Patients with cancer, and especially those receiving treatment, are approaching their physicians with questions about their risk of contracting COVID-19. Mikkael Sekeres, MD, MS, Director of Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center’s Leukemia Program, offers an expert’s perspective on the existing research in his latest New York Timescolumn. His answer to the question of whether cancer and chemotherapy increase the risk of death from COVID-19 provides a comprehensive look at existing research in patient-friendly language that can be a useful tool in communicating with your patients.
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Read the column here.
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