id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-305330-mklkugj5 Moiseev, Sergey Cancer in intensive care unit patients with COVID-19 2020-05-28 .txt text/plain 489 35 49 susceptible to severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and complications, although data on COVID-19 and malignancies remain limited. noted that patients with cancer were more likely to experience severe sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, such as intensive care admission, invasive ventilation or death. 2 However, Wang and Zhang argued that the most important morbidity factor is exposure to an infection source, whereas worse outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infection could be associated (at least partly) with older age of patients with cancer 3 . In a nationwide study, we evaluated the prevalence of malignancies among 1307 intensive care unit (ICU) patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia who required respiratory support. However, our data suggest that other factors, such as older age and comorbidities, contribute significantly to the more severe course of SARS-CoV-2 infection in cancer patients. ./cache/cord-305330-mklkugj5.txt ./txt/cord-305330-mklkugj5.txt