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Does having received chemotherapy or radiation in the past raise your risk for getting covid-19 or having a more serious course of illness?
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COVID 19: Receiving chemotherapy for cancer can increase risk. Per Nature.Com: "in contrast to the majority of chemotherapies, most radiotherapy regimens are only moderately immunosuppressive" REF: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41571-020-0375-1
Answered 7/5/2020
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