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cord-272112-egsha2j7	Tartarone, Alfredo	COVID-19 and cancer care: what do international guidelines say?	2020-08-07		.txt	text/plain	2412	111	43	The recently published Italian recommendations advise to evaluate case by case the possibility of postponing a treatment, considering the biological aspects of cancer, the clinical characteristics of the patient and the potential health risks for COVID-19 infection [9] . According to French guidelines, clinical management of cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic should be based on the following priority order: curative or non-curative intent of the treatment, age, life expectancy, time since diagnosis and symptoms [11] . TERAVOLT data confirmed a high mortality rate among patients with lung cancer who develop COVID-19; in both studies similar independent factors were associated with increased mortality, which included older age, number of comorbidities, poor performance status, active cancer and administration of chemotherapy alone or in combination with other treatments at the time of infection.	./cache/cord-272112-egsha2j7.txt	./txt/cord-272112-egsha2j7.txt