Attention: theNCI’s COVID-19 in Cancer Patients Study (NCCAPS) is recruiting people with cancer and COVID19, who are receiving cancer treatment, to better understand how both affect treatment and outcomes. Learn more about enrolling:
of COVID-19 in people with cancer. In a natural history study, researchers follow people and collect medical and other information about them over time to learn more about how a disease and its symptoms develop and change. Diagnosis and treatment of a disease are not part of natural history studies. The knowledge gained through this study will help doctors better manage treatment for people with cancer and COVID-19 in the future.
Learn more about the risk factors related to serious illness from COVID-19 in people who are having treatment for cancerFind genetic risk factors and markers of serious illness from COVID-19 in people with cancer
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