Patients with cancer were found at increased risk of breakthrough COVID-19 and subsequent "significant and substantial" risk for hospitalizations and mortality, in a large cohort study of vaccinated persons with and without cancer.

"Our studies show that even vaccinated cancer patients are at increased risk for significant and substantially severe outcomes from COVID-19 breakthrough infections," Nathan Berger, MD, Center for Science, Health and Society, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, told Contagion.

"While there are variations in risk depending on type and timing of cancer, we advise all cancer patients to be fully vaccinated, including boosters, and to exercise vigilance in maintaining COVID-19 mitigation strategies," Berger said.

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