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Methods: We describe the clinical features and outcome of a cohort of 450 patients with simultaneous diagnosis of HM and COVID-19 registered in the EPICOVIDEHA registry between March 2020 to February 2022. Results: Acute leukaemia and lymphoma were the most frequent HM (35.8% and 35.1%, respectively). Overall, 343 (76.2%) patients received treatment for HM, which was delayed for longer than one month since diagnosis in 57 (16.6%). An overall response rate was observed in 140 (40.8%) patients after the first line of treatment. After a median follow-up of 35 days, overall mortality was 177\/450 (39.3%); 30-day mortality was significantly higher in patients not receiving HM treatment (42.1%) than in those receiving treatment (27.4%, p = 0.004), either before and\/or after COVID-19, or compared to patients receiving HM treatment at least after COVID-19 (15.2%, p &lt; 0.001). Age, severe\/critical COVID-19, \u22652 comorbidities, and lack of HM treatment were independent risk factors for mortality, whereas a lymphocyte count &gt;500\/mcl at COVID-19 onset was protective. Conclusions: HM treatment should be delivered as soon as possible for patients with simultaneous diagnosis of COVID-19 and HM requiring immediate therapy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers14225530","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,10]],"date-time":"2022-11-10T21:22:02Z","timestamp":1668115322000},"page":"5530","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Simultaneous Onset of Haematological Malignancy and COVID: An Epicovideha Survey"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0031-3237","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chiara","family":"Cattaneo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Hematology Unit, ASST-Spedali Civili, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6766-8297","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jon","family":"Salmanton-Garc\u00eda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University 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