Viroj Wiwanitkit1,2,3,4. 1. Department of Community Medicine, Dr. DY Patil University, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. 2. Department of Tropical Medicine, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China. 3. Department of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia. 4. Department of Biological Science, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, Nigeria.
Sir,The Zika virus infection becomes the big problem in the present day. The worldwide epidemic affects several countries. In oncology, the important concern is on the Zika virus infection in cancerouspatient. The information on this topic is very limited. Based on the literature review, there is already a case report from Brazil on a Zika virus-infected case with underlying breast cancer.[1] The case is currently on the treatment with anastrozol and developed only acute febrile illness without any other complication.[1] Indeed, the effect of Zika virus on cancerouspatient is a very interesting topic. Focusing on the similar infection, dengue, a clinical problem, should be concerned on the patient with underlying blood cancer.[2] Finally, the remained interesting question is why there is no report on Zika virus infection among cancerouspatients who have immunocompromised status despite there is already worldwide epidemics of Zika virus infection.