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Identification of deaths caused by cancer, COVID-19 in us from march to December 2020

JAMA Oncology

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

About The Study: This analysis shows that in the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 16,561 deaths occurred in the U.S. among patients with cancer with complications of COVID-19, and were more likely to occur in older patients, minority race and ethnicity groups, and in large metropolitan areas.

Authors: Xuesong Han, Ph.D., of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.4315)

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