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Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on lung cancer patient under immunotherapy Cover

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on lung cancer patient under immunotherapy

Open Access
|Oct 2023

Abstract

Patients with lung cancer have an increased vulnerability to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus infection, and the association of the two diseases increases the severity of the infection. We present the case of a patient aged 72 years, a former 30 pack year (PA) smoker with 12 years withdrawal, and unvaccinated anti-SARS-CoV-2, with GOLD 2 COPD, hypertensive, recently diagnosed with left bronchopulmonary neoplasm and under immunotherapy. The patient had a fast-evolving SARS-COVID infection to a critical form, complicated with acute pulmonary embolism, nosocomial fungal infection, myelodysplastic syndrome, moderate multifactorial anaemic syndrome and heart disease. The unfavourable evolution of the patient’s condition led to the temporary suspension of oncological treatment throughout the critical period, but without the progression of neoplastic disease. Although bronchopulmonary neoplasm emphasises the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection, it is not mandatory to develop a harmful oncologic outcome without proper treatment, especially immunotherapy.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pneum-2023-0027 | Journal eISSN: 2247-059X | Journal ISSN: 2067-2993
Language: English
Page range: 89 - 97
Published on: Oct 17, 2023
Published by: Romanian Society of Pneumology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2023 Rinedy Mondonga Lisumbu, Aida-Andreea Fănică, Ioana Eliza Gurzu, Florin Dumitru Mihălțan, published by Romanian Society of Pneumology
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