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COVID-19 vaccines and cancer Cancer patients are among the most vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. Are vaccines safe and effective on them? A male cancer patient receives a COVID vaccine injection in a Ukraine hospital. Credit: Evgeniy Shkolenko / iStock / Getty Images Plus People with cancer are at a higher risk of developing severe infection when they catch the SARS-CoV-2 virus. That’s because their immune system is weakened by cancer or cancer treatments. But none of the COVID-19 vaccines has been trialled in cancer patients so far. What do we know about their safety and effectiveness? In Australia, people with cancer (including those who have completed active treatment in the past five years), adult survivors of childhood cancer and their carers are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as part of phase 1b of the rollout, which began on 22 March.

New south walesUnited kingdomFran boyleDorothy keefeAustralian technical advisory group on immunisationClinical oncology society of australiaUniversity of sydneyAustralian technical advisory groupCancer australiaProfessor fran boyleClinical oncology societyProfessor dorothy keefeபுதியது தெற்கு வேல்ஸ்ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம்ஃப்ர்யாந் பாயில்டோரதி கீஃப்