PROLONGED COVID-19 POSITIVITY AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH NASOPHARENGEAL CARCINOMA

Case report: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a rare tumor that accounts for 1-3% of all childhood malignancies. A 16-year-old patient with refractory nasopharyngeal carcinoma, whose treatment has to be interrupted due to COVID-19 positivity.After 6 weeks because of disease progression, we started his ch...

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Autores principales: Seda Şahin, Neriman Sarı, Derya Özyörük, Sonay İncesoy Özdemir, Belgin Gülhan, İnci Ergürhan İlhan
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a7cf8bc9770c428a9af6e87997a361662021-11-10T04:34:19ZPROLONGED COVID-19 POSITIVITY AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH NASOPHARENGEAL CARCINOMA2531-137910.1016/j.htct.2021.10.1007https://doaj.org/article/a7cf8bc9770c428a9af6e87997a361662021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2531137921011548https://doaj.org/toc/2531-1379Case report: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a rare tumor that accounts for 1-3% of all childhood malignancies. A 16-year-old patient with refractory nasopharyngeal carcinoma, whose treatment has to be interrupted due to COVID-19 positivity.After 6 weeks because of disease progression, we started his chemotherapy altough he is still COVID-19 positive. We didn't see any complication. Prolonged COVID-19 positivity is thought to be associated with the infection of immortal malignant cells located in the nasopharynxSeda ŞahinNeriman SarıDerya ÖzyörükSonay İncesoy ÖzdemirBelgin Gülhanİnci Ergürhan İlhanElsevierarticleDiseases of the blood and blood-forming organsRC633-647.5ENHematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, Vol 43, Iss , Pp S31- (2021)
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topic Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
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spellingShingle Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
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Seda Şahin
Neriman Sarı
Derya Özyörük
Sonay İncesoy Özdemir
Belgin Gülhan
İnci Ergürhan İlhan
PROLONGED COVID-19 POSITIVITY AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH NASOPHARENGEAL CARCINOMA
description Case report: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a rare tumor that accounts for 1-3% of all childhood malignancies. A 16-year-old patient with refractory nasopharyngeal carcinoma, whose treatment has to be interrupted due to COVID-19 positivity.After 6 weeks because of disease progression, we started his chemotherapy altough he is still COVID-19 positive. We didn't see any complication. Prolonged COVID-19 positivity is thought to be associated with the infection of immortal malignant cells located in the nasopharynx
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author Seda Şahin
Neriman Sarı
Derya Özyörük
Sonay İncesoy Özdemir
Belgin Gülhan
İnci Ergürhan İlhan
author_facet Seda Şahin
Neriman Sarı
Derya Özyörük
Sonay İncesoy Özdemir
Belgin Gülhan
İnci Ergürhan İlhan
author_sort Seda Şahin
title PROLONGED COVID-19 POSITIVITY AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH NASOPHARENGEAL CARCINOMA
title_short PROLONGED COVID-19 POSITIVITY AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH NASOPHARENGEAL CARCINOMA
title_full PROLONGED COVID-19 POSITIVITY AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH NASOPHARENGEAL CARCINOMA
title_fullStr PROLONGED COVID-19 POSITIVITY AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH NASOPHARENGEAL CARCINOMA
title_full_unstemmed PROLONGED COVID-19 POSITIVITY AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH NASOPHARENGEAL CARCINOMA
title_sort prolonged covid-19 positivity and chemotherapy in a patient with nasopharengeal carcinoma
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/a7cf8bc9770c428a9af6e87997a36166
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