Source: Healio News
Although vaccination is an effective strategy for COVID-19 prevention, its effectiveness may be reduced in patients with multiple myeloma, likely because of immunosuppression due to the disease process and related therapy.
Researchers presented the results of the large, retrospective Veterans Affairs cohort study at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.
“We decided to pursue this research in the VA because as a large, nationwide health care system that provides excellent access to both vaccination and testing for its patients, the VA data allow us to evaluate how well vaccination works in