id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-327397-8rxjju0t Zhang, H.-Y. A Multicentre Study of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease Outcomes of Cancer Patients in Wuhan, China 2020-03-26 .txt text/plain 3506 264 57 Two previous case series from China have suggested that cancer patients are at a higher risk of COVID-19 pneumonia, but the reports were limited by small numbers and few clinical information. Conclusion: This study showed COVID-19 patients with cancer seem to have a higher proportion of severe cases and poorer prognosis. Here, we conducted a multicentre retrospective study to show the clinical information and outcomes of 67 cancer patients infected with COVID-19 in 1548 cases from four designated COVID-19 hospitals. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.21.20037127 doi: medRxiv preprint proportion of all cancers; (2) 10 cases lung cancer patients were ongoing anticancer treatment, and they may have high risks of nosocomial infection and low immunity to SARS-CoV viral particles. As reported in previous studies, 4 15 16 male and older patients had a higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, which was validated in our cancer cohort. This study showed COVID-19 patients with cancer seem to have a higher proportion of severe cases and poorer prognosis. ./cache/cord-327397-8rxjju0t.txt ./txt/cord-327397-8rxjju0t.txt