Resumen

MIRANDA CHAVIANO, Jorge; TOBOSO ALCANTARA, Manuel V.; LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ, Elvis Fermín  y  DIAZ GONZALEZ, Marcos Antonio. COVID-19 in cancer patients. Medicentro Electrónica [online]. 2023, vol.27, n.2  Epub 01-Abr-2023. ISSN 1029-3043.

Introduction: the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. A history of cancer is considered a mortality risk factor for multiple diseases; the evolution in patients with neoplastic diseases can be influenced due to superadded conditions such as the case of COVID-19.

Objective: to characterize, from a clinical point of view, cancer patients admitted with COVID-19.

Methods: a descriptive and cross-sectional research was carried out in cancer patients admitted with COVID-19 at "Dr. Celestino Hernández Robau" University Hospital in Villa Clara from January to December 2021. A number of 78 cancer patients with 5 years or less of evolution was included in the study.

Results: male gender and those over 60 years of age predominated. The 39.7% of the patients had lung or laryngeal cancer followed by breast, hemolymphopoietic and colorectal cancers. The 46.2% were in a stable state and 29.5% in palliative care. The 34.6% of them were receiving chemotherapy treatment at the time of admission. Steroids (85.9%), alpha interferon (73.1%) and sodium heparin (55.1%) were the most used drugs.

Palabras clave : patient-centered care; neoplasms; laryngeal neoplasms; lung neoplasms; covid-19.

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