Cancer often leaves survivors with a compromised immune system. That’s just one reason why several medical organizations are recommending cancer patients and survivors get the COVID-19 vaccine when they can.
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Cancer often leaves survivors with a compromised immune system. That’s just one reason why several medical organizations are recommending cancer patients and survivors get the COVID-19 vaccine when they can. Dr. Tobias Hohl, an infectious disease specialist at Memorial Sloan Kettering, says, “Cancer can affect the immune system and can affect, for example, the blood or the lymph nodes. And so, the infection fighting capacity of our patients can be diminished.” A recent study published in the journal JAMA Oncology shows cancer patients with COVID-19 are 23 percent more likely to require hospitalization.
