December 10, 2020

Severity of COVID-19 in Children with Cancer: Report from the United Kingdom Paediatric Coronavirus Cancer Monitoring Project

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): children, clinical characteristics

• A retrospective and prospective observational study of all children in the UK under 16 diagnosed with cancer suggests that children with cancer do not appear to be at increased risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection compared to the general pediatric population. 54 cases were identified between March-July 2020 (3% estimated cumulative incidence); 5 (28%) were asymptomatic, 34 (63%) had mild infections, 5 (10%) had moderate, severe or critical infection, and no deaths were observed.

Millen et al. (Dec 10, 2020). Severity of COVID-19 in Children with Cancer: Report from the United Kingdom Paediatric Coronavirus Cancer Monitoring Project. British Journal of Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-020-01181-0