Nearly all patients with cancer respond well to COVID-19 vaccines

July 1, 2021

In a U.S. and Swiss study, nearly all patients with cancer developed good immune response to the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines three to four weeks after receiving their second dose, but the fact that a small group of the patients exhibited no response raised questions about how their protection against the virus will be addressed moving forward.

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Spectrum News: $9.8M study will follow 3,000 Latino cancer survivors

June 11, 2021

Dr. Amelie Ramirez, Institute for Health Promotion Research, Salud America!, Population Health Sciences, Mays Cancer Center, was interviewed by Spectrum News about a $9.8 million study focused on the Latino cancer survivorship experience. Watch the story.