When do you recommend patients get vaccinations with respect to their chemotherapy course?
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When do you recommend patients get vaccinations with respect to their chemotherapy course?
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Medical Oncology · Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
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It depends on the nature of the treatment program and on the patient’s immune system. For treatments that are not B-cell lymphodepleting, routine vaccinations can be administered routinely, presuming no underlying immunodeficiency.
For patients receiving anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies, we typically...
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