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. 2022 Mar 5;399(10328):905-907.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00147-7. Epub 2022 Jan 25.

Omicron neutralising antibodies after third COVID-19 vaccine dose in patients with cancer

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Omicron neutralising antibodies after third COVID-19 vaccine dose in patients with cancer

Annika Fendler et al. Lancet. .
No abstract available

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DC has received institutional grant funding from MedImmune/AstraZeneca, Clovis, Eli Lilly, 4SC, Bayer, Celgene, Leap, Roche. DLVB has received grant funding from AstraZeneca. CS is funded by CRUK (TRACERx, PEACE and CRUK Cancer Immunotherapy Catalyst Network), the CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence (C11496/A30025), the Rosetrees Trust, Butterfield and Stoneygate Trusts, the Novo Nordisk Foundation (ID16584), a Royal Society Professorship Enhancement award (RP/EA/180007), the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at University College London Hospitals, the CRUK University College London Centre, the Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF 20-157). This work was supported by a Stand Up To Cancer‐LUNGevity-American Lung Association Lung Cancer Interception Dream Team Translational research grant (SU2C-AACR-DT23-17 to SMD and AES). Stand Up To Cancer is a division of the Entertainment Industry Foundation. Research grants are administered by the American Association for Cancer Research, the scientific partner of SU2C. CS received an ERC Advanced Grant (PROTEUS) from the European Research Council under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (835297). CS is a Royal Society Napier Research Professor (RP150154). ST is funded by Cancer Research UK (A29911); the Francis Crick Institute, which receives its core funding from Cancer Research UK (FC10988), the UK Medical Research Council (FC10988), and the Wellcome Trust (FC10988); the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at the Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research (grant reference number A109), the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, The Rosetrees Trust (A2204), Ventana Medical Systems (grant reference numbers 10467 and 10530), the National Institute of Health (U01 CA247439) and Melanoma Research Alliance (686061). ST has received speaking fees from Roche, Astra Zeneca, Novartis, and Ipsen. ST has the following patents filed: Indel mutations as a therapeutic target and predictive biomarker PCTGB2018/051892 PCTGB2018/051893 and Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Biomarkers P113326GB. All other authors declare no competing interests. AF, STCS, LA, MW, and RH contributed equally.

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  • Immune responses following third COVID-19 vaccination are reduced in patients with hematological malignancies compared to patients with solid cancer.
    Fendler A, Shepherd STC, Au L, Wilkinson KA, Wu M, Schmitt AM, Tippu Z, Farag S, Rogiers A, Harvey R, Carlyle E, Edmonds K, Del Rosario L, Lingard K, Mangwende M, Holt L, Ahmod H, Korteweg J, Foley T, Barber T, Emslie-Henry A, Caulfield-Lynch N, Byrne F, Shum B, Gerard CL, Deng D, Kjaer S, Song OR, Queval C, Kavanagh C, Wall EC, Carr EJ, Namjou S, Caidan S, Gavrielides M, MacRae JI, Kelly G, Peat K, Kelly D, Murra A, Kelly K, O'Flaherty M, Shea RL, Gardner G, Murray D, Yousaf N, Jhanji S, Van As N, Young K, Furness AJS, Pickering L, Beale R, Swanton C; Crick COVID19 consortium; Gandhi S, Gamblin S, Bauer DLV, Kassiotis G, Howell M, Nicholson E, Walker S, Wilkinson RJ, Larkin J, Turajlic S; CAPTURE consortium. Fendler A, et al. Cancer Cell. 2022 Feb 14;40(2):114-116. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2021.12.013. Epub 2021 Dec 29. Cancer Cell. 2022. PMID: 34968417 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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