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Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México
versión impresa ISSN 1665-1146
Resumen
DORANTES-ACOSTA, Elisa et al. Survival in pediatric patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: scoping systematic review. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2020, vol.77, n.5, pp.234-241. Epub 30-Oct-2020. ISSN 1665-1146. https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhim.20000174.
Background:
Coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 has currently affected 8,015,502 million people worldwide with global mortality around 5%. Information in pediatric cancer patients is still limited, but it is emerging day by day. The objective of this scoping review was to analyze the available data associated with COVID-19 infection and mortality in pediatric cancer patients and to provide useful information to plan and design strategies in this group.
Methods:
A search was conducted, and eight articles were obtained for qualitative analysis; 110 patients were included, all from cross-sectional studies. At the time of publication, all the analyzed documents reported no deaths associated with COVID-19.
Results:
According to the information, COVID-19 infection appears to be less severe in the pediatric population in comparison with adults and does not appear to be a cause of mortality in patients with childhood cancer.
Conclusions:
Given the nature of preliminary reports and a short follow-up in cancer patients, it is necessary to have medium- and long-term follow-up studies to determine the effects of infection and modifications to the treatments of these patients.
Palabras llave : Coronavirus disease-19; Cancer; Children; Systematic review; Mortality.