
Long COVID Risk May Be Especially High for Cancer Patients
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Many cancer patients who are infected with COVID-19 are left with lingering symptoms.
A new study, published Feb. 7 in eLife, found that more than half of cancer patients develop long COVID, and women were especially at risk.
“Although cancer patients fall into a higher COVID-19 risk group there is limited data on PASC in cancer patients and how it affects their progression, care and treatment,” said lead author Dr. Anne-Marie Chaftari, an associate professor of infectious diseases at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
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