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Old 01-14-2021, 12:10 PM   #2
Nguyen
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Re: Covid vaccines and cancer patients

Proably should read the whole article, there are other useful info in it, beside snippets below.

Nguyen

https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/ce...ronavirus.html

"...“Most cancer patients, even those in treatment, should go ahead and get vaccinated when it becomes available,” he said. “Ideally between cycles of systemic immunosuppressive therapy.”

Patients in treatment should work with their oncologists to time the two-shot vaccine, he said.

“Using the flu vaccine as a prototype, it seems to be significantly better to give the vaccine between cycles rather than at the same time as the cytotoxic [cell-killing] therapy,” he said....

...I would prioritize patients with active cancer as well as those on active cancer therapy,” he said. “We’re fighting a pandemic where cancer patients are at three, four, or five times greater risk for fatality than others. It’s a risk-benefit equation. Their risk from COVID-19 is exceptionally high...


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