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COVID-19 vaccination and breakthrough infections in patients with cancer

- 01 Mar 2022 - 
- Vol. 33, Iss: 3, pp 340-346
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In this paper , the authors describe the clinical features of patients with cancer who developed symptomatic COVID-19 following vaccination and compare weighted outcomes with those of contemporary unvaccinated patients, after adjustment for confounders.
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This article is published in Annals of Oncology.The article was published on 2022-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 60 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Medicine & Vaccination.

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Omicron neutralising antibodies after third COVID-19 vaccine dose in patients with cancer

- 01 Mar 2022 - 
TL;DR: Fendler et al. as mentioned in this paper showed that following two doses of COVID-19 vaccines, neutralizing antibody (nAb) responses against the B.1.7 (alpha), B.2 (delta) variants of concern (VOCs) are decreased compared to the wild type (WT) SARS-CoV-2, particularly in patients with blood cancer.
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Outcomes of the SARS-CoV-2 omicron (B.1.1.529) variant outbreak among vaccinated and unvaccinated patients with cancer in Europe: results from the retrospective, multicentre, OnCovid registry study

TL;DR: In this article , the authors describe outcomes due to COVID-19 during the omicron outbreak compared with the prevaccination period and alpha (B.1.7) and delta (B1.617) waves in patients with cancer in Europe.
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Breakthrough COVID-19 in vaccinated patients with hematologic malignancies: results from the EPICOVIDEHA survey

TL;DR: While mortality is significantly lower than in the pre-vaccination era, breakthrough COVID-19 in HM is still associated with considerable mortality.
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Seroconversion and outcomes after initial and booster COVID‐19 vaccination in adults with hematologic malignancies

TL;DR: Patients with hematologic malignancies have impaired humoral immunity secondary to their malignancy and its treatment, placing them at risk of severe coronavirus disease‐19 (COVID‐19) infection and reduced response to vaccination.
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Immunogenicity after second and third mRNA-1273 vaccination doses in patients receiving chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or both for solid tumours

- 01 Jul 2022 - 
TL;DR: For example, Fendler et al. as discussed by the authorsendler A Shepherd and Au L et al showed that after a third COVID-19 vaccination, the immunogenicity of the vaccine decreased in patients with cancer.
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Clinical impact of COVID-19 on patients with cancer (CCC19): a cohort study.

Nicole M. Kuderer, +239 more
- 20 Jun 2020 - 
TL;DR: The outcomes of a cohort of patients with cancer and COVID-19 are characterised and potential prognostic factors for mortality and severe illness are identified and race and ethnicity, obesity status, cancer type, type of anticancer therapy, and recent surgery were not associated with mortality.
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Limited evidence is available regarding the clinical efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination in patients with cancer.