Cancer trial to focus on protecting patients from COVID-19 infection

A national clinical trial this summer will focus on protecting cancer patients from developing severe COVID-19.

Researchers from The Ottawa Hospital say the goal is to strengthen the immune system of a particularly vulnerable population.

Cancer patients are at much higher risk of severe complications from COVID-19 because their treatments further weaken an already compromised immune system. Study lead Dr. Rebecca Auer, surgical oncologist and director of cancer research at the Ottawa Hospital, points to an "urgent need" to protect cancer patients while the world waits for an effective COVID-19 vaccine.Researchers from the Ottawa Hospital came up with the idea and worked with the Canadian Cancer Trials Group at Queen's University to design the trial.

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