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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News)<\/p>\n
Men with COVID-19<\/a> and cancer<\/a> run a greater risk for severe symptoms and death than women with both conditions, a new study finds.<\/p>\n Researchers concluded that male cancer<\/a> patients are 60% more likely to have severe COVID-19<\/a> and even die from it than women.<\/p>\n “Knowing this propensity for poorer outcomes in males with COVID-19<\/a> and cancer<\/a> will help physicians make better decisions in caring for them in clinical settings,” said study author Dr. Anup Kasi, an assistant professor of oncology<\/a> at the University of Kansas Medical Center.<\/p>\n Other studies had noted a higher death rate for men who developed COVID-19<\/a>. The research team wondered if such gender differences would also apply to cancer<\/a> patients. “We didn’t know if the same gender differences in severity risk would still apply or not,” Kasi said in a hospital news release.<\/p>\n The researchers reviewed 17 studies about COVID-19<\/a> and cancer<\/a> published through June. These included nearly 4,000 patients who had both diseases.<\/p>\n “The data behind risk factors for COVID-19<\/a> in the general population as well as in the cancer<\/a> patient population is still evolving,” Kasi said. “But the takeaway message is that the male sex may be a potential risk factor in the cancer patient population for poor outcomes with COVID-19 infections.”<\/p>\n The report was initially published online in the journal EClinical Medicine<\/i>. The Lancet <\/em>subsequently ran an updated version.<\/p>\n More information<\/strong><\/p>\n For more on COVID-19, see the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n SOURCE: University of Kansas Cancer Center, news release, Nov. 24, 2020<\/p>\n Steven Reinberg<\/p>\n ![\"MedicalNews\"](\"https:\/\/images.medicinenet.com\/images\/HealthDay\/healthday.png\")
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