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Dhindsa S, Champion C, Deol E, Lui M, Campbell R, Newman J, Yeggalam A, Nadella S, Ahir V, Shrestha E, Kannampallil T, Diwan A. Association of Male Hypogonadism With Risk of Hospitalization for COVID-19. JAMA Netw Open 2022; 5:e2229747. [PMID: 36053534 PMCID: PMC9440397 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.29747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
IMPORTANCE Male sex is associated with severe COVID-19. It is not known whether the risk of hospitalization differs between men with hypogonadism, men with eugonadism, and those receiving testosterone therapy (TTh). OBJECTIVE To compare COVID-19 hospitalization rates for men with hypogonadism who were not receiving TTh, men with eugonadism, and men receiving TTh. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This cohort study was conducted in 2 large academic health systems in St Louis, Missouri, among 723 men with a history of COVID-19 who had testosterone concentrations measured between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2021. EXPOSURES The primary exposure was gonadal status (hypogonadism, eugonadism, and TTh). Hypogonadism was defined as a total testosterone concentration below the limit of normal provided by the laboratory (which varied from 175 to 300 ng/dL [to convert to nanomoles per liter, multiply by 0.0347]). MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary outcome was rate of hospitalization for COVID-19. Statistical adjustments were made for group differences in age, body mass index, race and ethnicity, immunosuppression, and comorbid conditions. RESULTS Of the 723 study participants (mean [SD] age, 55 [14] years; mean [SD] body mass index, 33.5 [7.3]), 116 men had hypogonadism, 427 had eugonadism, and 180 were receiving TTh. Men with hypogonadism were more likely than men with eugonadism to be hospitalized with COVID-19 (52 of 116 [45%] vs 53 of 427 [12%]; P < .001). After multivariable adjustment, men with hypogonadism had higher odds than men with eugonadism of being hospitalized (odds ratio, 2.4; 95% CI, 1.4-4.4; P < .003). Men receiving TTh had a similar risk of hospitalization as men with eugonadism (odds ratio, 1.3; 95% CI, 0.7-2.3; P = .35). Men receiving inadequate TTh (defined as subnormal testosterone concentrations while receiving TTh) had higher odds of hospitalization compared with men who had normal testosterone concentrations while receiving TTh (multivariable adjusted odds ratio, 3.5; 95% CI, 1.5-8.6; P = .003). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE This study suggests that men with hypogonadism were more likely to be hospitalized after COVID-19 infection compared with those with eugonadism, independent of other known risk factors. This increased risk was not observed among men receiving adequate TTh. Screening and appropriate therapy for hypogonadism need to be evaluated as a strategy to prevent severe COVID-19 outcomes among men.
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- Sandeep Dhindsa
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- School of Medicine, St Louis University, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, St Louis University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
- Division of Cardiology, Medicine Service, John Cochran Veterans Affairs Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri
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Turco F, Armstrong A, Attard G, Beer TM, Beltran H, Bjartell A, Bossi A, Briganti A, Bristow RG, Bulbul M, Caffo O, Chi KN, Clarke C, Clarke N, Davis ID, de Bono J, Duran I, Eeles R, Efstathiou E, Efstathiou J, Evans CP, Fanti S, Feng FY, Fizazi K, Frydenberg M, George D, Gleave M, Halabi S, Heinrich D, Higano C, Hofman MS, Hussain M, James N, Jones R, Kanesvaran R, Khauli RB, Klotz L, Leibowitz R, Logothetis C, Maluf F, Millman R, Morgans AK, Morris MJ, Mottet N, Mrabti H, Murphy DG, Murthy V, Oh WK, Ekeke Onyeanunam N, Ost P, O'Sullivan JM, Padhani AR, Parker C, Poon DMC, Pritchard CC, Rabah DM, Rathkopf D, Reiter RE, Rubin M, Ryan CJ, Saad F, Pablo Sade J, Sartor O, Scher HI, Shore N, Skoneczna I, Small E, Smith M, Soule H, Spratt D, Sternberg CN, Suzuki H, Sweeney C, Sydes M, Taplin ME, Tilki D, Tombal B, Türkeri L, Uemura H, Uemura H, van Oort I, Yamoah K, Ye D, Zapatero A, Gillessen S, Omlin A. What Experts Think About Prostate Cancer Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Report from the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2021. Eur Urol 2022; 82:6-11. [PMID: 35393158 PMCID: PMC8849852 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2022.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Patients with advanced prostate cancer (APC) may be at greater risk for severe illness, hospitalisation, or death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to male gender, older age, potential immunosuppressive treatments, or comorbidities. Thus, the optimal management of APC patients during the COVID-19 pandemic is complex. In October 2021, during the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC) 2021, the 73 voting members of the panel members discussed and voted on 13 questions on this topic that could help clinicians make treatment choices during the pandemic. There was a consensus for full COVID-19 vaccination and booster injection in APC patients. Furthermore, the voting results indicate that the expert's treatment recommendations are influenced by the vaccination status: the COVID-19 pandemic altered management of APC patients for 70% of the panellists before the vaccination was available but only for 25% of panellists for fully vaccinated patients. Most experts (71%) were less likely to use docetaxel and abiraterone in unvaccinated patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. For fully vaccinated patients with high-risk localised prostate cancer, there was a consensus (77%) to follow the usual treatment schedule, whereas in unvaccinated patients, 55% of the panel members voted for deferring radiation therapy. Finally, there was a strong consensus for the use of telemedicine for monitoring APC patients. PATIENT SUMMARY: In the Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2021, the panellists reached a consensus regarding the recommendation of the COVID-19 vaccine in prostate cancer patients and use of telemedicine for monitoring these patients.
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- Fabio Turco
- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, EOC, Bellinzona, Switzerland; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital, University of Turin, Orbassano, Turin, Italy.
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- Duke Cancer Institute Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Durham, NC, USA
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- Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Urology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Genito Urinary Oncology, Prostate Brachytherapy Unit, Goustave Roussy, Paris, France
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- Unit of Urology/Division of Oncology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Christie NHS Trust and CRUK Manchester Institute and Cancer Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Santa Chiara Hospital, Trento, Italy
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- BC Cancer, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Research Department of Primary Care & Population Health, Royal Free Campus, University College London, Rowland Hill St, London, UK
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- The Christie and Salford Royal Hospitals, Manchester, UK
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- Monash University and Eastern Health, Victoria, Australia
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- The Institute of Cancer Research/Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology. Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
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- The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Policlinico S. Orsola, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institut Gustave Roussy, University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Prostate Cancer Research Program, Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology, Faculty of Nursing, Medicine & Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Urological Sciences, Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Gjøvik, Norway
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Urology and the Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute (NKBCI), American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Division of Urology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Oncology institute, Shamir Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel; Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, TX, USA; Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece; David H. Koch Centre, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, TX, USA
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- Beneficiência Portuguesa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Departamento de Oncologia, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- National Institute of Oncology, University hospital, Rabat, Morocco
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- Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, The Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Alakahia, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Iridium Netwerk, Wilrijk (Antwerp), Belgium; Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre and Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Comprehensive Oncology Centre, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- The Cancer Research Chair, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Bern Center for Precision Medicine, Bern, Switzerland; Department for Biomedical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Centre Hospitalier de Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA
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- Rafal Masztak Grochowski Hospital in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; Maria Sklodowska Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA
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- Prostate Cancer Foundation, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA; Division of Hematology and Oncology, Meyer Cancer Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Department of Urology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Department of Urology, Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Urology, M.A. Aydınlar Acıbadem University, Altunizade Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology & Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Health Research Institute, Madrid, Spain
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- Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland; Universita della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland; Cantonal Hospital, St. Gallen, Switzerland; University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Division of Cancer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Department of Medical Oncology and Haematology, Cantonal Hospital, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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