Evaluation of the effect of coronavirus on cancer patients (a systematic review study)

Introduction and objective: Covid۱۹ was declared by the World Health Organization as an epidemic in March ۲۰۲۰. Corona epidemics have global implications for chronic patients, the health-system, and the future of treatment. Among chronic patients, people with cancer are recognized as a vulnerable group to corona due to malignancy and inhibitory treatments. Extensive research on cancer and the factors involved in its pathogenesis and treatment methods has been conducted today, which shows that biological-factors are directly involved in the development of cancer, and at the top of these biological factors are viruses. Among vulnerable people, cancer patients are at higher risk than non-cancer patients because malignancies and cancer-suppressing therapies suppress the immune system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of coronavirus on cancer patients.Method: This study is a systematic review study conducted in ۱۴۰۱. Using the keywords of coronavirus, cancer, cancer patients were performed in reputable databases including PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar without time limit. To ensure the completion of search results, article sources were reviewed and after removing duplicate titles from endnote-software and reviewing abstracts, articles related to JBi tools were reviewed. After reviewing the quality of articles, the Results in the case checklist Comment were entered.Results: ۸۶ articles were reviewed and finally ۲۱ articles were selected that were related to the purpose of the study. According to studies, the results of some studies show that people with cancer who develop coronary heart-disease have worse outcomes than those who don’t have cancer and coronary heart-disease, because in cancer patients the body's immunity to the coronavirus is reduced. One study found that the risk of severe consequences such as acute respiratory distress syndrome, hospitalization in the intensive care unit, pulmonary embolism, and septic shock was higher in cancer patients with coronavirus.Conclusion: The results show that with increasing disease severity, the number of coronavirus patients suffering from cancer increases. Therefore, it’s necessary to take measures to pay more attention to cancer patients, and the joint efforts of the health care system and oncology associations are very vital and will be very fruitful for the patient.

کلیدواژه ها:

Coronavirus ، Cancer ، Cancer patients