Full recovery of a stage IV cancer patient facing COVID-19 pandemic
Parmanande, Anuraj; Simão, Diana; Sardinha, Mariana; Reis, Ana Filipa Palma dos; Spencer, Ana Sofia; Barreira, João Vasco; Luz, Ricardo da.
Autops. Case Rep
; 10(3): e2020179, 2020. graf
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em Inglês
| LILACS | ID: biblio-1131822
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), first recognized in Wuhan, China, was recently declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Advanced age and comorbid disease, well-known characteristics in the solid tumor population, have been reported as risk factors for severe disease and death. Cancer-related immunosuppression and its treatments also seem to play an active role in the prognosis, response, and clinical outcomes of these patients. The most effective combination therapy for COVID-19 is still under investigation, and the use of corticosteroids is controversial. Although, as a group, metastatic cancer patients are often considered not to be good candidates for ICU treatment, the individual prognosis should always come into consideration, even in a context of high pressure on medical facilities. We report the case of a stage IV prostate cancer patient infected with SARS-CoV-2 who required ICU admission and recovered from COVID-19 infection. Further studies are needed in order to identify accurate clinical prognostic criteria and provide the best treatment for these challenging patients.
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