Part 2: The Pediatric Oncology COVID Cancer Case Report - a National Registry of Children with Cancer.
A Conversation with: Dr. Julie Wolfson, MD, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Dr. Emily Johnston, MD, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Dr. Jennifer Levine, MD, Weill Cornell Medical Center, NYC. The Pediatric Oncology COVID Cancer Case Report has uncovered some important early findings in children with cancer. In specific, children with cancer and COVID-19 are getting sick: 30% are admitted to the hospital, 10% admitted to the ICU, 4% intubated, and 2% die due to COVID-19. Additionally, approximately half had their cancer directed therapy changed due to COVID-19.