Covid and Cancer

6 patients with inflammatory bowel disease were infected with SARSCoV2, then diagnosed with anorectal cancer.

Detection of the SarsCov2 protein in ALL tumors raises questions about its role in the development of colorectal cancer.

“has been hypothesized that inflammation related to SARS-CoV-2 infection can affect cancer cell proliferation, without having a direct oncogenic effect.

➡️IBD-associated CRC (colorectal cancer) arises from a specific carcinogenic pathway involving chronic inflammation which is distinct from the traditional pathways.”

“New study links cancer patients and long Covid symptoms.

More than one in two cancer patients experienced symptoms of long Covid-19 for more than six months after initial infection.”

“SARS-COV-2 and cancer: So, what's the evidence, can SARS-COV-2 itself cause cancer, & separately can it increase risk & rapidity of death from existing cancers, & reactivate dormant cancers?

Let's start with what causes cancer 🧵”

“‘I’ve been in practice 23 years and have never seen anything like this,’ oncologist Kashyap Patel said.

Asutosh Gor, another oncologist, agreed: ‘We were all shaken.’

There was other weirdness, too: multiple patients contending w multiple types of cancer arising almost simultaneously, and more than a dozen new cases of other rare cancers…. The uptick in aggressive, late-stage cancers since the…pandemic is confirmed by early national data and a number of large cancer institutions.

Many…dismissed the trend as a consequence of disruptions to health care that began in 2020.

But not everyone.

The idea that some viruses can cause or accelerate cancer is hardly new… 15 to 20 percent of all cancers worldwide originate from infectious agents…”

A close relative was diagnosed with a rare T cell lymphoma called Mycosis fungoides today. I wish I could adequately describe how many people I know with rare cancers at the moment.

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY believe—no, I KNOW—it’s a result of Covid.

A thread:

“My dad had a severe bout of COVID in March that caused hearing loss.

It caused other health issues that resulted in organ failure and his death. His oncologist believes it hastened the spread of his cancer too (dormant for years). In his words, ‘COVID is a cancer accelerant.’”

The risk of pancreatic adenocarcinoma following SARS-CoV family infection

“Our findings suggest the pancreatic adenocarcinoma as the most possible malignancy occurring after sever infection with SARS-CoV family.”

COVID-19 & Carcinogenesis:

The relationship between COVID-19 and cancer development is a complex interaction of immune suppression, chronic inflammation, genetic and epigenetic changes, and possible direct viral effects.

Disturbing trends: Rampant COVID-19 increases deaths from the pre-pandemic baseline.

'Disentangling the relationship between cancer mortality and COVID-19 in the US'

“The Kralls are among a growing number of people who had COVID and then developed rare kinds of cancer, often more than one kind.

‘We started noticing some very unusual patterns,’ said the Kralls’ physician, Dr. Kashyap Patel. He and his colleagues at Carolina Blood and Cancer Care Associates have documented some very concerning links between COVID and cancer”