Risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 infection in cancer patients pre- and post-vaccination.

Suliman Abdallah AlsagabyNaif Khalaf AlharbiFahad A AlhumaydhiFaisal AlsubaieMohammad BosaeedAbdulrhman AljouieAbdullah M AssiriKanan Alshammari

Published in: PloS one (2022)

Collectively, this is the first study from KSA to report potential risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 infection in cancer patients pre- and post-vaccination. Further investigations on these risk factors in a larger cohort are worthwhile to draw a definitive conclusion about their roles in predisposing cancer patients to the infection.

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