Conclusion
We deliver here the first description of the French pediatric oncology
and hematology cohort of patients diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection,
which to our knowledge is the largest ever published to date. Consistent
with previous reports[4, 5], relatively few pediatric cancer
patients had clinical signs of COVID‐19 or tested positive for the
virus, Nevertheless, as previously noted[11], some highly
immunocompromised patients are at risk of developing severe forms of
COVID-19, notably those with hematological malignancies, who have been
heavily pretreated and/or with a history of HSCT, which justifies social
distancing and specific triage before admission in oncology units.