Open AccessHigh Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Manifestations of COVID-19 Infection in Hospitalized Patients With Cancer
Author(s) -
Shilpa Grover,
Walker D. Redd,
Juhua Zhou,
Cheikh Nije,
Danny Wong,
Kelly Hathorn,
Thomas R. McCarty,
Ahmad Najdat Bazarbashi,
Lin Shen,
Walter W. Chan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.141
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1539-2031
pISSN - 0192-0790
DOI - 10.1097/mcg.0000000000001462
Subject(s) - medicine , vomiting , cancer , malignancy , diarrhea , gastroenterology , anorexia
Gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms have been reported with SARS-CoV-2 infection, but data on the prevalence and severity of GI symptoms in patients with cancer are limited. We sought to characterize the GI manifestations of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) in oncology patients.