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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2017

Vaccination in oncology practice and predictors.

Ali Alkan, Ebru Karcı, Arzu Yaşar, Gülseren Tuncay, Elif Berna Köksoy, Muslih Ürün, Filiz Çay Şenler, Ahmet Demirkazık, Güngör Utkan, Hakan Akbulut and 1 more

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Impact of pharmacist-led educational intervention on pneumococcal vaccination rates in cancer patients: a randomized controlled study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023
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  2. Active recruitment for vaccination of patients with solid-organ cancer through the surgical pathway.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  3. Streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza vaccination rates in oncological patients - data from Germany.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  5. Vaccination considerations for patients receiving cancer therapy.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2022
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11 authors.

Ali AlkanMedical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. alkanali@yahoo.com.
Ebru KarcıMedical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Arzu YaşarMedical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Gülseren TuncayInternal Medicine, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Elif Berna KöksoyMedical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Muslih ÜrünMedical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Filiz Çay ŞenlerMedical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Ahmet DemirkazıkMedical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Güngör UtkanMedical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Hakan AkbulutMedical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Yüksel ÜrünMedical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDespite, vaccination is a highly effective and widely recommended for prevention of certain infections, vaccination coverage is very low. The purposes of this study were to evaluate the attitudes of medical oncologists towards vaccination and to identify predictors of intention to recommend vaccination in patients with cancer.

methodsA structured questionnaire is formed to evaluate the daily practice of vaccination. Turkish medical oncologists were invited to this study via email, SMS, or phone call. Questionnaire was filled out and the data were stored in an online survey platform.

resultsTwo hundred seventy-three medical oncologists participated in the survey. Influenza, Pneumococcus, and hepatitis B were the most commonly recommended vaccines (87.1, 72.8, 67.0%, respectively). Patients with lung cancer, lymphoma and breast cancer were the main malignancies that medical oncologists suggest vaccination (68.1, 68.1, 24.6%, respectively). The most common times for vaccination were during remission/follow-up period (68.4%) or before beginning chemotherapy (64.1%). Only 23.4% of the physicians thought that their recommendation for vaccination was efficient and adequate. Lack of time and lack of knowledge or experience about vaccination are the most common limitations. There is a positive correlation between experience in the field and evaluating patients for vaccination (r = 0.390, p < 0.001); on the other hand, there is negative correlation between number of patients seen per day and evaluating patients for vaccination (r = -0.080, p = 0.18). Experience with autologous or allogeneic bone marrow transplant patients is related with more tendency to evaluate patients for vaccination (p < 0.001).

conclusionsDegree of experience in oncology especially in bone marrow transplant units and total number of patients seen per day are important predictors of vaccination practice in oncology. The frequency of recommendation increases with degree of experience, knowledge, and visit time per patient.

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