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cord-270245-zziwb2jy	Russell, Beth	Factors Affecting COVID-19 Outcomes in Cancer Patients: A First Report From Guy's Cancer Center in London	2020-07-22		.txt	text/plain	4112	192	47	Being of Asian ethnicity [3.73 (1.28–10.91)], receiving palliative treatment [5.74 (1.15–28.79)], having an initial cancer diagnosis >24 months before [2.14 (1.04–4.44)], dyspnea [4.94 (1.99–12.25)], and increased CRP levels [10.35 (1.05–52.21)] were positively associated with COVID-19 death. During a median follow-up of 37 days, the following cancer patient characteristics were found to be positively associated with COVID-19 death: Asian ethnicity, palliative treatment, initial cancer diagnosis >24 months, dyspnea at presentation, and high CRP levels. Apart from the CCC-19 Consortium (16) , no study to date has specifically looked at COVID-19 severity at presentation in COVID-19 positive cancer patients and hence our observation of an association with time since cancer diagnosis and presenting symptoms needs further validation in other large cohorts with homogenous definitions of inclusion criteria, testing strategies, and outcome measures.	./cache/cord-270245-zziwb2jy.txt	./txt/cord-270245-zziwb2jy.txt