COVID-19 deaths among tobacco-dependent cancers patients in Poland in 2020
Introduction In 2020 in Poland, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 41.5 thousand deaths were registered including 18% (7.3 thousand) among cancer patients (C00-C96). More than a third of deaths due to COVID-19 occurred among tobacco-related cancer patients1. The study aimed to analyze the number...
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In 2020 in Poland, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 41.5 thousand deaths were registered including 18% (7.3 thousand) among cancer patients (C00-C96). More than a third of deaths due to COVID-19 occurred among tobacco-related cancer patients1. The study aimed to analyze the number of deaths due to COVID-19 among tobacco-dependent cancer patients.
Material and Methods
Information regarding cancer comes from the National Cancer Registry 1 . Information on the cause of death in 2020 came from the National Death Database 2 . Tobacco-related cancers were selected from a list published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 3 .
Results
In 2020, 7,276 cancer patients died of COVID-19. Among them, 42% concerned patients with tobacco-related cancers, and more than twice as many deaths were registered among men (2029 men and 1032 women). Approximately 27% of deaths related to COVID-19 infection in tobacco-related cancers patients group occurred among patients with colorectal cancer (28% in men and 27% in women), 27% in patients with urinary tract cancer (31% in men and 18% in women), 19% in patients with lung cancer (20% in men and 18% in women), and 5% of patients with cancer of the oral cavity and throat
Conclusions
Patients with tobacco-related cancers had a higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than patients with other types of cancer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8f5d01f99d24622817dbd8f695989482024-01-31T10:28:11ZengEuropean PublishingTobacco Prevention and Cessation2459-30872023-04-019Supplement10.18332/tpc/162844162844COVID-19 deaths among tobacco-dependent cancers patients in Poland in 2020Urszula Wojciechowska0Joanna A. Didkowska1Marta Miklewska2Klaudia Barańska3Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Polish National Cancer Registry, Warsaw, PolandMaria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Polish National Cancer Registry, Warsaw, PolandMaria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Polish National Cancer Registry, Warsaw, PolandMaria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Polish National Cancer Registry, Warsaw, PolandIntroduction In 2020 in Poland, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, 41.5 thousand deaths were registered including 18% (7.3 thousand) among cancer patients (C00-C96). More than a third of deaths due to COVID-19 occurred among tobacco-related cancer patients1. The study aimed to analyze the number of deaths due to COVID-19 among tobacco-dependent cancer patients. Material and Methods Information regarding cancer comes from the National Cancer Registry 1 . Information on the cause of death in 2020 came from the National Death Database 2 . Tobacco-related cancers were selected from a list published by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 3 . Results In 2020, 7,276 cancer patients died of COVID-19. Among them, 42% concerned patients with tobacco-related cancers, and more than twice as many deaths were registered among men (2029 men and 1032 women). Approximately 27% of deaths related to COVID-19 infection in tobacco-related cancers patients group occurred among patients with colorectal cancer (28% in men and 27% in women), 27% in patients with urinary tract cancer (31% in men and 18% in women), 19% in patients with lung cancer (20% in men and 18% in women), and 5% of patients with cancer of the oral cavity and throat Conclusions Patients with tobacco-related cancers had a higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than patients with other types of cancer.https://www.tobaccopreventioncessation.com/COVID-19-deaths-among-tobacco-dependent-cancers-patients-in-Poland-in-2020,162844,0,2.htmlcovid-19tobaccocancer |
| spellingShingle | Urszula Wojciechowska Joanna A. Didkowska Marta Miklewska Klaudia Barańska COVID-19 deaths among tobacco-dependent cancers patients in Poland in 2020 Tobacco Prevention and Cessation covid-19 tobacco cancer |
| title | COVID-19 deaths among tobacco-dependent cancers patients in Poland in 2020 |
| title_full | COVID-19 deaths among tobacco-dependent cancers patients in Poland in 2020 |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 deaths among tobacco-dependent cancers patients in Poland in 2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 deaths among tobacco-dependent cancers patients in Poland in 2020 |
| title_short | COVID-19 deaths among tobacco-dependent cancers patients in Poland in 2020 |
| title_sort | covid 19 deaths among tobacco dependent cancers patients in poland in 2020 |
| topic | covid-19 tobacco cancer |
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