Activity ID
8262Expires
June 4, 2024Format Type
Journal-basedCME Credit
1Fee
$30CME Provider: JAMA Oncology
Description of CME Course
Patients with cancer are at risk for immune dysregulation related to underlying malignant disease as well as receipt of immunomodulatory cancer therapy. A notable concern is that patients with cancer may not mount a robust protective immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination. This risk seems most pronounced in patients with hematologic cancers: in a study of 167 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in Israel who had received both doses of the BNT162b2 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) for COVID-19, only 39.5% had a positive antibody response, and this proportion was even lower (16%) among patients on active treatment. Patients with solid malignant neoplasms may have a more preserved immune responseof 261 patients with cancer in New York City who had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the rate of seroconversion was 94.5% for those with solid tumors compared with 81.7% with hematologic cancers.
Disclaimers
1. This activity is accredited by the American Medical Association.
2. This activity is free to AMA members.
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Educational Objectives
To identify the key insights or developments described in this article
Keywords
Oncology, Vaccination, Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Competencies
Medical Knowledge
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
DOI
10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.2096
