Risk of COVID-19 for Patients with Cancer: A Narrative Overview

Mohamed Amine Baba; Youssef Bouchriti; Abderrahmane Achbani; Ahmed Kharbach; Hasnaa Sine; Aziz Naciri

doi:10.30935/ejmets/8257

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

Risk of COVID-19 for Patients with Cancer: A Narrative Overview

Mohamed Amine Baba ¹ ² ^* , Youssef Bouchriti ¹ ³, Abderrahmane Achbani ¹ ⁴, Ahmed Kharbach ¹ ⁵, Hasnaa Sine ⁶, Aziz Naciri ⁷

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Abstract

In March 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. At present, the curative vaccine has not yet been developed, older age and higher comorbidity levels are associated with more severe COVID-19 symptoms. Indeed, the cancer community currently faces many difficult questions.

Keywords: Coronavirus, COVID-19, cancer, 2019-nCoV, pneumonia, oncology

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Baba, M. A., Bouchriti, Y., Achbani, A., Kharbach, A., Sine, H., & Naciri, A. (2020). Risk of COVID-19 for Patients with Cancer: A Narrative Overview. European Journal of Medical and Educational Technologies, 13(3), em2008. https://doi.org/10.30935/ejmets/8257

Baba, M. A., Bouchriti, Y., Achbani, A., Kharbach, A., Sine, H., and Naciri, A. (2020). Risk of COVID-19 for Patients with Cancer: A Narrative Overview. European Journal of Medical and Educational Technologies, 13(3), em2008. https://doi.org/10.30935/ejmets/8257

Baba MA, Bouchriti Y, Achbani A, Kharbach A, Sine H, Naciri A. Risk of COVID-19 for Patients with Cancer: A Narrative Overview. European Journal of Medical and Educational Technologies. 2020;13(3), em2008. https://doi.org/10.30935/ejmets/8257

Baba, Mohamed Amine, Youssef Bouchriti, Abderrahmane Achbani, Ahmed Kharbach, Hasnaa Sine, and Aziz Naciri. "Risk of COVID-19 for Patients with Cancer: A Narrative Overview". European Journal of Medical and Educational Technologies 2020 13 no. 3 (2020): em2008. https://doi.org/10.30935/ejmets/8257

Baba, Mohamed Amine et al. "Risk of COVID-19 for Patients with Cancer: A Narrative Overview". European Journal of Medical and Educational Technologies, vol. 13, no. 3, 2020, em2008. https://doi.org/10.30935/ejmets/8257

Baba MA, Bouchriti Y, Achbani A, Kharbach A, Sine H, Naciri A. Risk of COVID-19 for Patients with Cancer: A Narrative Overview. European Journal of Medical and Educational Technologies. 2020;13(3):em2008. https://doi.org/10.30935/ejmets/8257