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Durability of response to SARS-CoV-2 BioNTech-Pfizer vaccination in patients on active anticancer treatment

JAMA Oncology

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Researchers describe the antispike IgG antibody response to the SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine (BioNTech-Pfizer) in patients with cancer compared with healthy controls about four months after the second vaccine dose.

Authors: Salomon M. Stemmer, M.D., of the Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.4390)

Editor’s Note: The article includes conflicts of interest disclosures. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

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