The SIOG COVID-19 working group recommendations on the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines among older adults with cancer

Anna Rachelle Mislang¹, Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis², Chiara Russo³, Giuseppe Colloca⁴, Grant R Williams⁵, Shane O'Hanlon⁶, Lisa Cooper⁷, Anita O'Donovan⁸, Riccardo A Audisio⁹, Kwok-Leung Cheung¹⁰, Regina Gironés Sarrió¹¹, Reinhard Stauder¹², Michael Jaklitsch¹³, Clarito Cairo¹⁴, Luiz Antonio Gil Jr¹⁵, Schroder Sattar¹⁶, Kumud Kantilal¹⁷, Kah Poh Loh¹⁸, Stuart M Lichtman¹⁹, Etienne Brain²⁰, Hans Wildiers²¹, Ravindran Kanesvaran²², Nicolò Matteo Luca Battisti²³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia. Electronic address: anna.mislang@sa.gov.au.
² Department of Geriatrics, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: enrique.sotop@incmnsz.mx.
³ Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Regional Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Lyon, France. Electronic address: Chiara.RUSSO@lyon.unicancer.fr.
⁴ Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppeferdinando.colloca@policlinicogemelli.it.
⁵ Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: grwilliams@uabmc.edu.
⁶ University College Dublin, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: shaneohanlon@svhg.ie.
⁷ Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: lcooper5@bwh.harvard.edu.
⁸ Applied Radiation Therapy Trinity (ARTT), Trinity St James's Cancer Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: Anita.ODonovan@tcd.ie.
⁹ Department of surgery, Sahlgrenska Academy - University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Electronic address: raudisio@doctors.org.uk.
¹⁰ School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Royal Derby Hospital Centre, Derby, UK. Electronic address: Kwok_Leung.Cheung@nottingham.ac.uk.
¹¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La FE, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: reginagiro@hotmail.com.
¹² Department of Internal Medicine V (Haematology and Oncology), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. Electronic address: reinhard.stauder@i-med.ac.at.
¹³ Brigham and Women's Hospital - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: mjaklitsch@bwh.harvard.edu.
¹⁴ National Integrated Cancer Control Program, Department of Health, Manila, Philippines. Electronic address: dokclar@gmail.com.
¹⁵ Geriatric Division - São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: gil.luizantonio@gmail.com.
¹⁶ College of Nursing - University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Canada. Electronic address: schroder.sattar@usask.ca.
¹⁷ School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Electronic address: k.kantilal@uea.ac.uk.
¹⁸ University of Rochester Medical Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute, Rochester, NY, USA. Electronic address: kahpoh_loh@urmc.rochester.edu.
¹⁹ Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: LichtmaS@mskcc.org.
²⁰ Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Curie, Saint-Cloud, Paris, France. Electronic address: Etienne.brain@curie.fr.
²¹ Department of General Medical Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: hans.wildiers@uzleuven.be.
²² Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: ravindran.kanesvaran@singhealth.com.sg.
²³ Breast Unit - Department of Medicine Department, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Breast Cancer Research Division, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK. Electronic address: nicolo.battisti@rmh.nhs.uk.

PMID: 33715995
PMCID: PMC7934668
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2021.03.003

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The SIOG COVID-19 working group recommendations on the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines among older adults with cancer

Anna Rachelle Mislang et al. J Geriatr Oncol. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;12(5):848-850.

doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2021.03.003. Epub 2021 Mar 5.

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¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042, Australia. Electronic address: anna.mislang@sa.gov.au.
² Department of Geriatrics, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: enrique.sotop@incmnsz.mx.
³ Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Regional Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Lyon, France. Electronic address: Chiara.RUSSO@lyon.unicancer.fr.
⁴ Dipartimento di Diagnostica per Immagini, Radioterapia Oncologica ed Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: giuseppeferdinando.colloca@policlinicogemelli.it.
⁵ Institute for Cancer Outcomes and Survivorship, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: grwilliams@uabmc.edu.
⁶ University College Dublin, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: shaneohanlon@svhg.ie.
⁷ Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: lcooper5@bwh.harvard.edu.
⁸ Applied Radiation Therapy Trinity (ARTT), Trinity St James's Cancer Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: Anita.ODonovan@tcd.ie.
⁹ Department of surgery, Sahlgrenska Academy - University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Electronic address: raudisio@doctors.org.uk.
¹⁰ School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Royal Derby Hospital Centre, Derby, UK. Electronic address: Kwok_Leung.Cheung@nottingham.ac.uk.
¹¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La FE, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: reginagiro@hotmail.com.
¹² Department of Internal Medicine V (Haematology and Oncology), Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. Electronic address: reinhard.stauder@i-med.ac.at.
¹³ Brigham and Women's Hospital - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: mjaklitsch@bwh.harvard.edu.
¹⁴ National Integrated Cancer Control Program, Department of Health, Manila, Philippines. Electronic address: dokclar@gmail.com.
¹⁵ Geriatric Division - São Paulo University, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: gil.luizantonio@gmail.com.
¹⁶ College of Nursing - University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Canada. Electronic address: schroder.sattar@usask.ca.
¹⁷ School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Electronic address: k.kantilal@uea.ac.uk.
¹⁸ University of Rochester Medical Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, James P. Wilmot Cancer Institute, Rochester, NY, USA. Electronic address: kahpoh_loh@urmc.rochester.edu.
¹⁹ Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: LichtmaS@mskcc.org.
²⁰ Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Curie, Saint-Cloud, Paris, France. Electronic address: Etienne.brain@curie.fr.
²¹ Department of General Medical Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: hans.wildiers@uzleuven.be.
²² Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: ravindran.kanesvaran@singhealth.com.sg.
²³ Breast Unit - Department of Medicine Department, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Breast Cancer Research Division, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK. Electronic address: nicolo.battisti@rmh.nhs.uk.

PMID: 33715995
PMCID: PMC7934668
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2021.03.003

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Keywords: COVID-19; Cancer; Older patients; SIOG; Vaccine.

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Adapting care for older cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Recommendations from the International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) COVID-19 Working Group.
Battisti NML, Mislang AR, Cooper L, O'Donovan A, Audisio RA, Cheung KL, Sarrió RG, Stauder R, Soto-Perez-de-Celis E, Jaklitsch M, Williams GR, O'Hanlon S, Alam M, Cairo C, Colloca G, Gil LA Jr, Sattar S, Kantilal K, Russo C, Lichtman SM, Brain E, Kanesvaran R, Wildiers H. Battisti NML, et al. J Geriatr Oncol. 2020 Nov;11(8):1190-1198. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2020.07.008. Epub 2020 Jul 16. J Geriatr Oncol. 2020. PMID: 32709495 Free PMC article.

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