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Down's syndrome, breast cancer and COVID-19

Author(s) -

Miguel Ángel Lara Álvarez,

Almudena Martín Marino,

Mar Pérez Pérez

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

medicina clínica práctica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101

H-Index - 1

ISSN - 2603-9249

DOI - 10.1016/j.mcpsp.2020.100153

Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , breast cancer , covid-19 , cancer , presentation (obstetrics) , gynecology , pediatrics , surgery , pathology , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , optics

The incidence of cancer in children and adults with Down’s syndrome has a clearly differentiated presentation pattern with a higher frequency of lymphomas and leukaemias and a lower frequency of solid tumours. The incidence of breast cancer has especially decreased. In our setting, COVID-19 mortality in cancer patients has greatly increased. We present the case of a patient with Down’s syndrome, breast cancer and COVID-19.

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