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Weiming Qiu1,2, Fengtao Yi2,3, Xingfeng Ren2,4
1Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, General Hospital of Central Theater Command of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Wuhan, China.
Abstract:
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection, caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread worldwide. Reports of COVID-19 among cancer patients are limited and most studies focus mainly on its epidemiological and clinical features. In this study, we report the case of a nasopharyngeal cancer patient from Wuhan who contracted COVID-19 during radiochemotherapy and has since recovered from the infection. We hope that this report will provide valuable insight into the treatment of SARS-CoV-2-infected cancer patients through an account of our experience.
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