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A senior government minister is among prominent politicians and health professionals urging the state government to reverse a decision to suspend breast screening services in NSW.
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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.