key: cord-0690178-xs6rz6ig
authors: Montoya, Jacqueline; Ugaz, Cecilia; Alarcon, Sandra; Maradiegue, Essy; García, Juan; Díaz, Rosdali; Zapata, Arturo; Chávez, Sharon; Morales, Roxana; Ordoñez, Katy; Hernandez, Eddy; Reaño, Rómulo; Gutierrez, Cynthia; Vargas, María Pía; Sanchez, Katherine; Valdiviezo, Cinthya; Maza, Iván; Rojas, Ninoska; Moore, Carla; León, Esmeralda; Vásquez, Liliana
title: COVID‐19 in pediatric cancer patients in a resource‐limited setting: National data from Peru
date: 2020-07-22
journal: Pediatr Blood Cancer
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28610
sha: 800214c2bf9a947f86fe13f9496da49b52a71a32
doc_id: 690178
cord_uid: xs6rz6ig

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The American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

To the Editor:

Peru, an upper-middle income country according to the World Bank, is being severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, counting today 285 213 cases and 9677 deaths, and having one of the highest incidence rates of COVID-19 in the world (87.5 per million inhabitants). 1 National lockdown policies, transportation restriction, and economic constrains, along with disrupted health care services, have significantly impacted access for diagnosis and treatment of children with cancer. 2, 3 Although recent papers suggest that the pediatric oncology population may not have higher mortality resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection in high-income countries (Spain, 4 China, 5 USA, 6 Italy 7 ), these patients would be a potential vulnerable group for worse outcomes, 8 

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