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Clinical Trial
. 1980 Aug 30;2(8192):450-2.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(80)91887-5.

Response to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in patients with untreated Hodgkin's disease. Children's Cancer Study Group Report

J E Addiego Jr, A J Ammann, G Schiffman, R Baehner, G Higgins, D Hammond
Clinical Trial

Response to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in patients with untreated Hodgkin's disease. Children's Cancer Study Group Report

J E Addiego Jr et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) have a high risk of overwhelming pneumococcal infections after splenectomy. Previous studies have shown that HD patients given polyvalent pneumococcal polysaccharide (PPS) vaccine after immunosuppressive therapy have a suboptimum antibody response. This study shows significant antibody response in HD patients to PPS vaccine given before radiation and chemotherapy. The same response was obtained whether the vaccine was given before or after splenectomy.

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