Important vaccines used as tools for tertiary prevention in oncology patients.
For the prevention of many diseases, vaccination is considered to be a good method. At present, a number of vaccines are available. The concept of vaccination for oncology patients as a tertiary prevention protocol was introduced recently. A literature review on this topic was performed. For reviewing, the author used the electronic search for the keyword "vaccine" and "cancer" on PubMed for inclusion of the previously published articles and further search of reference papers on vaccines as tools for tertiary prevention in oncology patients was done. In this article, the important vaccines for oncology patients are briefly discussed. There are many interesting vaccinations that are useful for tertiary prevention in oncology patients.
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D000818:Animals; D019496:Cancer Vaccines; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010361:Patients; D055512:Tertiary Prevention; D014611:Vaccination
D019496:Cancer Vaccines