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Natural immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and breakthrough infections in vaccinated and unvaccinated patients with cancer.

Alessio CortelliniJuan Aguilar-CompanyRamon SalazarMark BowerAilsa Sita-LumsdenAndrea PlajaAlvin J X LeeAlexia BertuzziCarlo TondiniNikolaos DiamantisClara Martinez-VilaAleix PratEleanor ApthorpAlessandra GennariDavid James Pinato
Published in: British journal of cancer (2022)
This study shows that reinfections in COVID-19 survivors with cancer are possible and more common in patients with haematological malignancies. Reinfections carry a 11% risk of mortality, which rises to 15% among unvaccinated patients, highlighting the importance of universal vaccination of patients with cancer.
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