Immune Response to COVID-19 Vaccination in Children With Cancer
Most children with cancer respond to BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination despite anticancer treatment. Vaccination should not be deferred until treatment completion. These data may have implications for other childhood vaccinations during cancer treatment.
Authors
- Amy Body (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0601-8485)
- Corey Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7550-9595)
- Sriganesh Srihari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0713-6723)
- Noemi Fuentes-Bolanos
- Jim Buttery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9905-2035)
- Katie E. Lineburg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5712-2610)
- Elizabeth Ahern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2062-5695)
- William D. Rawlinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0988-7827)
- Eva Segelov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4410-6144)
- Vivienne Milch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8834-0349)
- Tracey Anne O'Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5759-6162)
- Stuart Turville (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1918-5343)
- Bhavna Padhye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0740-3606)
- Antoinette Catherine Anazodo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5495-6062)
- Michelle Haber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2036-8817)
- C. Raina MacIntyre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-0555)
- Luxi Lal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3902-3923)
- Peter Downie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6616-5102)
- Zin Naing
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Bern University of Applied Sciences (CH)
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- Royal Children's Hospital (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (AU)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Cancer Institute of New South Wales (AU)
- Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Cancer Australia (AU)
- Monash Children’s Hospital (AU)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (AU)
- New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry (AU)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Sydney Children's Hospital (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Melbourne Health (AU)
- National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- The University of Notre Dame Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2025-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-070209
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Pfizer
- Sanofi
- Australian Government
- Moderna
- Cancer Australia
- Bavarian Nordic
- Seqirus