Chronic viral infections and cancer can cause “killer” T cells in the immune system to take on a state of dysfunction or exhaustion whereby they can no longer react to infectious invaders or abnormal cells like normal “memory” T cells.
Cancer patients with COVID-19 had greater risks of mortality, hospitalization, intubation, and comorbidities, according to an analysis of 212,000 health records by the FDA.
Veterans diagnosed with advanced stage lung cancer who had at least one palliative care encounter after their diagnosis were 82% less likely to die by suicide.
The researchers found that young women who were current or recent smokers and had been smoking a pack a day for at least 10 years had a 60 percent increased risk in developing the most common subtype of breast cancer, estrogen receptor positive breast cancer.
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