— For those on active therapy, 80% had increased antibody levels, study showed
by Mike Bassett
A third dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine (BNT162b2; Comirnaty) could offer increased protection for cancer patients on active treatment, a new study suggested, as these patients typically don’t produce antibody responses on par with healthy individuals.
One week after the administration of a third vaccine dose, neutralizing antibody responses improved in 80% of solid tumor patients undergoing chemotherapy, with adverse events that were mild in nature, reported Rachna T. Shroff, MD, MS, of the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson, and colleagues.
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