Cancer Research and Treatment

Original Article

Lung Cancer

Risk of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Occurrence, Severe Presentation, and Mortality in Patients with Lung Cancer: Bumhee Yang, Hayoung Choi, Sun-Kyung Lee, Sung Jun Chung, Yoomi Yeo, Yoon Mi Shin, Dong Won Park, Tai Sun Park, Ji-Yong Moon, Tae-Hyung Kim, Yun Su Sim, Ho Joo Yoon, Jang Won Sohn, Hyun Lee, Sang-Heon Kim; Cancer Res Treat. 2021;53(3):678-684. Published online December 28, 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4143/crt.2020.1242

Purpose
This study aimed to analyze whether patients with lung cancer have a higher susceptibility of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), severe presentation, and higher mortality than those without lung cancer.
Materials and Methods
A nationwide cohort of confirmed COVID-19 (n=8,070) between January 1, 2020, and May 30, 2020, and a 1:15 age-, sex-, and residence-matched cohort (n=121,050) were constructed. A nested case-control study was performed to compare the proportion of patients with lung cancer between the COVID-19 cohort and the matched cohort.
Results
The proportion of patients with lung cancer was significantly higher in the COVID-19 cohort (0.5% [37/8,070]) than in the matched cohort (0.3% [325/121,050]) (p=0.002). The adjusted odds ratio [OR] of having lung cancer was significantly higher in the COVID-19 cohort than in the matched cohort (adjusted OR, 1.51; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.05 to 2.10). Among patients in the COVID-19 cohort, compared to patients without lung cancer, those with lung cancer were more likely to have severe COVID-19 (54.1% vs. 13.2%, p < 0.001), including mortality (18.9% vs. 2.8%, p < 0.001). The adjusted OR for the occurrence of severe COVID-19 in patients with lung cancer relative to those without lung cancer was 2.24 (95% CI, 1.08 to 4.74).
Conclusion
The risk of COVID-19 occurrence and severe presentation, including mortality, may be higher in patients with lung cancer than in those without lung cancer.

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