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ArticleCurrent oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2022

Antibody Response to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines in Oncologic and Hematologic Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy.

Manlio Mencoboni, Vincenzo Fontana, Azzurra Damiani, Antonino Spitaleri, Alessandro Raso, Luigi Carlo Bottaro, Giovanni Rossi, Luciano Canobbio, Antonella La Camera, Rosa Angela Filiberti and 2 more

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Article in Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. COVID-19 Vaccines, Effectiveness, and Immune Responses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Manlio MencoboniOncology Unit, ASL 3, Villa Scassi Hospital, Corso Scassi 1, 16149 Genoa, Italy.
Vincenzo FontanaClinical Epidemiology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 12, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
Azzurra DamianiOncology Unit, ASL 3, Villa Scassi Hospital, Corso Scassi 1, 16149 Genoa, Italy.
Antonino SpitaleriAnalysis Laboratory, ASL 3, Via Bertani 4, 16125 Genoa, Italy.
Alessandro RasoAnalysis Laboratory, ASL 3, Via Bertani 4, 16125 Genoa, Italy.
Luigi Carlo BottaroGeneral Direction, Asl 3, Via Bertani 4, 16125 Genoa, Italy.
Giovanni RossiOncology Unit, Antero Micone Hospital, Largo Nevio Rosso 2, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
Luciano CanobbioOncology Unit, Antero Micone Hospital, Largo Nevio Rosso 2, 16100 Genoa, Italy.
Antonella La CameraOncology Unit, ASL 3, Villa Scassi Hospital, Corso Scassi 1, 16149 Genoa, Italy.
Rosa Angela FilibertiClinical Epidemiology Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Largo Rosanna Benzi 12, 16100 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4682-393X
Paola TaveggiaOncology Unit, ASL 3, Villa Scassi Hospital, Corso Scassi 1, 16149 Genoa, Italy.
Alessia CavoOncology Unit, ASL 3, Villa Scassi Hospital, Corso Scassi 1, 16149 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2157-3740

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInformation on immune responses in cancer patients following mRNA COVID-19 vaccines is still insufficient, but generally, patients had impaired serological responses, especially those with hematological malignancies. We evaluated serological response to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy compared with healthy controls.

methodsIn total, 195 cancer patients and 400 randomly selected controls who had been administered a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in two doses were compared. The threshold of positivity was 4.33 BAU/mL. Patients were receiving anticancer treatment after the first and second dose of the vaccines.

resultsa TOTAL OF 169 patients (87%) had solid tumors and 26 hemolymphopoietic diseases. Seropositivity rate was lower in patients than controls (91% vs. 96%), with an age/gender-adjusted rate ratio (RR) of 0.95 (95% CL = 0.89-1.02). Positivity was found in 97% of solid cancers and in 50% of hemolymphopoietic tumors. Both advanced and adjuvant therapy seemed to slightly reduce seropositivity rates in patients when compared to controls (RR = 0.97, 95% CL = 0.89-1.06; RR = 0.94, 95% CL = 0.87-1.01).

conclusionsthe response to vaccination is similar in patients affected by solid tumors to controls. On the contrary, hemolymphopietic patients show a much lower response than controls.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesNeoplasmsAntibody FormationHumansmRNA VaccinesVaccines, SyntheticCOVID-19 VaccinesmRNA VaccinesVaccines, Syntheticantibodiesanticancer treatmentcancerCOVID-19SARS-COV-2seroconversionvaccine

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PMID35621663
PMCPMC9139308

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