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Mechanobiology

The Impact of COVID-19 on Cancer Risk and Treatment

AUTHORS

Jyotsana NNidhi , King MRMichael R . Cellular and molecular bioengineering. 2020 6 29; 13(4). 285-291

ABSTRACT

Millions of people are being infected with COVID-19 around the globe. Though the majority of them will recover, cancer patients remain at a higher risk to SARS-CoV-2 infection and its related severe outcomes. Understanding how viruses contribute to human cancers provides us with new opportunities for preventing or treating virus-associated cancers. However, a limited amount of research has been done to date in the context of how viral infections impact cancer at the cellular level and . Therefore, in light of the COVID-19 global infection, this review highlights the need for better understanding of the biology of viral infections in cancer patients, to enable novel therapies to co-target viral infections and cancer.