Vaccines for Cancer Patients, Is it OK? This is the Specialist’s Answer

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One inherited disease that is feared is cancer. Can people with cancer be vaccinated?

SuaraJakarta.id – Communities who have comorbid or comorbidities still worried to do vaccine Covid-19. So they delay or decide not to get vaccinated at all.

One fearful inherited disease is cancer. Can people with cancer be vaccinated?

Quoted from Suara.com, internal medicine specialist and consultant hematology oncologist from the University of Indonesia, dr. Jeffry Beta Tenggara, Sp.PD-KHOM, said that until now there is no prohibition for cancer patients, including breast cancer, to receive injections. COVID-19 vaccine.

“Actually, currently cancer patients are not prohibited from being vaccinated,” said Jeffry, who is also a member of the Association Medical specialist Indonesian Internal Medicine (PAPDI) as quoted from ANTARA.

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PAPDI previously gave its recommendations regarding the COVID-19 vaccine for cancer patients. According to PAPDI, those aged 18-59 years with solid cancer are basically eligible for the vaccine, but it needs to be determined by an expert doctor.
Patients over the age of 60 are also eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine if they meet general recommendations.

This is because the condition of each patient is different, so consultation with the treating doctor is recommended before deciding to receive the vaccine.

Regarding the effectiveness of the vaccine in cancer patients, a new study will be conducted in Indonesia in January. Jeffry said this research will focus on the effectiveness of the vaccine in patients with comorbidities, one of which is cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Previously, a study at the University of Arizona Health Sciences found that patients undergoing chemotherapy had a lower immune response to two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, but the third dose increased response.

The study, conducted by the chief of gastrointestinal medical oncology at the UArizona Cancer Center, Rachna Shroff, MD, MS, and his team, published in the journal Nature Medicine, involved observing 53 cancer patients undergoing treatment such as chemotherapy.

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They also compared immune responses after the first and second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 50 healthy adults.

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