Estimating excess mortality in people with cancer and multimorbidity in the COVID-19 emergency [Preprint]

Estimating excess mortality in people with cancer and multimorbidity in the COVID-19 emergency [Preprint]
ResearchGate accessed 29 April 2020 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.34254.82242

• "The model estimated 6,270 excess deaths at 1 year in England."
• "In England, the proportion of patients with incident cancer with≥1 comorbidity was 65.2%. The number of comorbidities was strongly associated with can-cer mortality risk. "

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Deaths in people with cancer could rise by at least 20%
Imperial College Health Data Research Hub for Cancer 29 April 2020