TY - JOUR
T1 - The immuno-oncological challenge of COVID-19
AU - Derosa, Lisa
AU - Melenotte, Cléa
AU - Griscelli, Franck
AU - Gachot, Bertrand
AU - Marabelle, Aurélien
AU - Kroemer, Guido
AU - Zitvogel, Laurence
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Springer Nature America, Inc.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its causative virus, SARS-CoV-2, pose considerable challenges for the management of oncology patients. COVID-19 presents as a particularly severe respiratory and systemic infection in aging and immunosuppressed individuals, including patients with cancer. Moreover, severe COVID-19 is linked to an inflammatory burst and lymphopenia, which may aggravate cancer prognosis. Here we discuss why those with cancer are at higher risk of severe COVID-19, describe immune responses that confer protective or adverse reactions to this disease and indicate which antineoplastic therapies may either increase COVID-19 vulnerability or have a dual therapeutic effect on cancer and COVID-19.
AB - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its causative virus, SARS-CoV-2, pose considerable challenges for the management of oncology patients. COVID-19 presents as a particularly severe respiratory and systemic infection in aging and immunosuppressed individuals, including patients with cancer. Moreover, severe COVID-19 is linked to an inflammatory burst and lymphopenia, which may aggravate cancer prognosis. Here we discuss why those with cancer are at higher risk of severe COVID-19, describe immune responses that confer protective or adverse reactions to this disease and indicate which antineoplastic therapies may either increase COVID-19 vulnerability or have a dual therapeutic effect on cancer and COVID-19.
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U2 - 10.1038/s43018-020-00122-3
DO - 10.1038/s43018-020-00122-3
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35121872
AN - SCOPUS:85098492434
SN - 2662-1347
VL - 1
SP - 946
EP - 964
JO - Nature Cancer
JF - Nature Cancer
IS - 10
ER -