No more side effects and no different side effects!

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have conducted the largest public, peer-reviewed study to date examining the short-term adverse effects of mRNA Covid-19 vaccination in cancer patients who are associated with non-cancer No more side effects and no different side effects compared to patients
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A new study in the February 2022 issue of the JNCCN-Journal of National Comprehensive Cancer Network confirms that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine is as safe for cancer patients as it is for non-cancer patients
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Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center tracked short-term side effects in 1,753 patients who received Pfizer's bt162b2 Covid-19 vaccine and found that patients who received active cancer treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy or radiation therapy) or had completed treatment did not develop Additional responses
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"Patients, their families, and their healthcare workers will definitely feel more at ease when they see this result.
We surveyed nearly 2,000 patients and found that compared with people who did not have cancer, cancer patients did not develop any symptoms after receiving the mRNA vaccine.
Unexpected response
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Horwitz, chair and principal investigator of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine.
"We now have data and clinical experience with thousands of cancer patients who have been vaccinated.
Vaccines
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" The findings came from in-person, telephone and online surveys of people who received two doses of the mRNA vaccine (three weeks apart) between February 16 and May 15, 2021
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1183 people with a history of cancer participated in both surveys, 17.
8% of whom were receiving cancer treatment at the time
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Respondents experienced injection site pain, muscle pain, joint pain, fever, chills, headache, nausea and fatigue, similar to those reported by people without cancer in the original clinical trial
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Adverse effects in people receiving immunotherapy are also reflected in the general population
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"It is critical that cancer patients are vaccinated against COVID-19 because we know they may be particularly vulnerable to the infection and its consequences, but some have expressed concerns about a possible response to the vaccine," Dr.
Horwitz continued.
Before the study, there wasn't a lot of data specifically on the cancer population, so we wanted to make sure to collect and report this information to help patients and physicians make an informed decision about getting the mRNA vaccine
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"Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is an opportunity to control and protect yourself," said Dan Burkus, a patient treated at Fox Chase Cancer Center.
"Getting cancer treatment and follow-up can be scary, especially in a pandemic
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"This new evidence that cancer patients do not experience any additional side effects from mRNA vaccines is one less thing to worry about and yet another reason to get vaccinated
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" The incidence of side effects did not increase in patients receiving the mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, and in fact, those with a history of cancer experienced lower rates of injection site pain,
" commented Natalie Callander, MD, of the University of Wisconsin Carbon Cancer Center
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"In this large prospective study, more than half of the patients had a history of cancer and about 18% were receiving active treatment
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This study shows that cancer patients did not experience greater complication rates and should help eliminate concerns about Misinformation about Covid-19 vaccination
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This report provides additional reassurance to physicians and patients that Covid-19 vaccine is safe and should be offered without hesitation, as recommended by the CDC and NCCN
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