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Cancer is not a risk factor for severe COVID-19 in children, except in patients with recent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantion recipients or comorbidities.

Puyó PV, Tagarro A, Garcia-Obregon S, Bejarano OV, Moraleda C, Aragonés JH, Bardón-Cancho E, Morros AF, Galán-Gómez V, Fernández LE, Lendinez-Molinos F, Herrero B, Horno LU, Domínguez-Pinilla N, Gazquez JFP, Lozano CN, Osuna-Marco M, Marín-Cruz I, Pastrana IG, Andoin NGd, Mingo NG, Rodríguez RP, Cañete A, León MP, Bustamante SC, García MT, Gónzalez-Prieto A, Solé-Rodríguez M, Cruz MG, Arandes AS, Mota M, Pérez-Hoyos S, Moreno L, Astigarraga-Aguirre I.
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Authorea Preprints
8 March 2024
PPR
PPR817138
Abstract
The EPICO-SEHOP platform gathers data from children with SARS-CoV-2 in Spain, allowing comparison between children with cancer or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) and those without. The infection is milder in the cancer/alloHSCT group than in children without comorbidities (7.1% vs. 15%), except in children with recent alloHSCT (less than 300 days), of which 35.7% experienced severe COVID-19. These data have been shared with the SEHOP members to support treatment and isolation policies akin to those for children without cancer, except for those with recent alloHSCT or additional comorbidities. This highlights the collaborative registries potential in managing pandemic emergencies.