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oncology

Cancer care

Is flu vaccination less effective in people on cancer treatment?

By Michael Woodhead

12 Mar 2020

Seasonal influenza vaccine is less effective in patients receiving cancer drugs and has a short duration of protective response that may not last the flu season, Australian research has found. A study of immune responses to trivalent flu vaccine in 53 patients with non-haematological cancers on active treatment with chemotherapy and targeted therapy found that ...

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