A multicenter study of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) infection in patients with solid tumors in 3 countries

Abstract

The 2009/H1N1 pandemic caused severe illness in immunocompromised patients with cancer who had solid tumors, and heavily immunosuppressed patients were at greater risk of developing pneumonia and death. Early initiation of antiviral therapy is crucial in this patient population to decrease morbidity and probably mortality.