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New technology could allow more cancer patients to benefit from immunotherapy

Date Time New technology could allow more cancer patients to benefit from immunotherapy Naoto Hirano, a professor in U of T’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, and his colleagues have developed a more powerful way to identify immune cells capable of recognizing and eliminating cancer cells (photo by UHN StRIDe Team) Professor Naoto Hirano of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and collaborators have developed a new technology that rigorously and robustly identifies the immune cells that are capable of recognizing and eliminating cancer cells. The findings, published in Nature Biotechnology, pave the way for novel immunotherapies to help more patients, regardless of their genetic ancestry, live longer and healthier lives.

Mom with breast cancer calls on B C to give second dose earlier to vulnerable people

Berube and her husband both work at home, and they have two young children, ages seven and five, in school. Last week, she chose to pull them from school after a COVID exposure ­warning within their learning cohort. On April 15, Berube received her first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as a clinically extremely vulnerable person. But instead of feeling the ­jubilation others feel knowing their immunity will likely increase over the four months until their second dose Berube worries her immunity will only wane. The Canadian Association of Pharmacy in Oncology said weeks ago that cancer patients are significantly less protected by a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine than the ­general population.

Cancer patients worry over wait for second COVID-19 shot

Article content Advocates across the country are calling on provincial governments to adjust COVID-19 vaccine prioritization so cancer patients receive their second dose within four weeks rather than waiting up to 16 weeks. Concern over a delayed second dose comes from preliminary data out of the U.K. which found people with solid cancers (a physical tumour) and blood cancers had a much lower antibody response following just one dose of the Pfizer vaccine compared to healthy people. When a second booster was given 21 days later, nearly all solid cancer patients had a much higher antibody response. This means delaying a second dose could prevent patients from having a fuller response to the vaccine and leaves them susceptible to COVID-19 while they wait for their second jab.

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