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How to manage vaccinations in children with cancer
Author(s) -
Ruggiero Antonio,
Battista Andrea,
Coccia Paola,
Attinà Giorgio,
Riccardi Riccardo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.23333
Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , immunization , blood cancer , childhood cancer , malignancy , pediatrics , cancer , population , intensive care medicine , immunology , environmental health , pathology , antigen
The optimal use of routine childhood immunizations in children with malignancy is still a matter of debate. Despite their higher risk of contracting vaccine preventable diseases and of suffering important complications, there is little understanding of the magnitude of the possible benefit of administering active immunization in this population due to a paucity of clinical trial data. Our review focuses on the management of children with cancer and offers some suggestions regarding their vaccination schedules. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2011; 57: 1104–1108. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.