Vaccinations in children treated with standard-dose cancer therapy or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Pediatr Clin North Am. 2008 Feb;55(1):169-86, xi. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2007.10.012.

Abstract

Most children with cancer are immunocompromised during therapy and for a variable period after completion of therapy. They are at an increased risk of infections, including vaccine-preventable infections. There is a reduction in immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases after completion of standard-dose chemotherapy and after hematopoietic stem cell transplant. It is important to protect these children against vaccine-preventable diseases by reimmunization.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Immunization Schedule
  • Immunocompromised Host*
  • Neoplasms / immunology*
  • Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Risk Factors
  • Vaccination / adverse effects*