A study published in Cancer indicated that women in New York City receiving standard treatment for gynecologic cancer are not at increased risk of being hospitalized for or dying from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to their cancer. In addition, researchers also found that neither having cancer nor receiving treatment for it worsened COVID-19 outcomes. "Our study should be reassuring for women with gynecologic cancers who are worried that having cancer increases their risk of becoming seriously ill if they go to the hospital because of COVID-19," study lead investigator Olivia Lara, MD, an oncology fellow in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Perlmutter, said in a press release.
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