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When treating pancreatic body/tail lesions that result in significant dose spread to the spleen, what is your threshold to offer pneumococcal, hemophilus influenza, and meningococcal vaccines? 

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Radiation Oncology · Ohio State University James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
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A really great question, and one that we don’t necessarily have a lot of data for guidance. There are some guidelines out there, though, that I think can be helpful to consider. The first is the recent guideline from ASCO on the vaccination of adults with cancer (Kamboj et al., PMID 38498792). In li...

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Radiation Oncology · University of Florida
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No threshold

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