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COVID-19 deaths among tobacco-dependent cancers patients in Poland in 2020
 
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Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Polish National Cancer Registry, Warsaw, Poland
 
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Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
 
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Department of Dietetics, Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
 
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Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland
 
 
Publication date: 2023-04-25
 
 
Corresponding author
Urszula Wojciechowska   

Polish National Cancer Registry, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
 
 
Tob. Prev. Cessation 2023;9(Supplement):A128
 
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ABSTRACT
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 of deaths due to COVID-19 among tobacco-dependent cancer patients.

Material and Methods:
Information regarding cancer comes from the National Cancer Registry1. Information on the cause of death in 2020 came from the National Death Database2. 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.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
 
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