1. Perceptions of COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Genitourinary Cancers: A Survey Study.
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Castro, Daniela V., Zengin, Zeynep B., Malhotra, Jasnoor, Bergerot, Cristiane D., Meza, Luis, Dizman, Nazli, Govindarajan, Ameish, Hsu, JoAnn, Chehrazi-Raffle, Alex, Chawla, Neal, Mercier, Benjamin D., Chen, Sean W., Feng, Matthew, Prajapati, Sweta, Lee, Kyle O., Philip, Errol J., Dorff, Tanya B., Lyou, Yung, and Pal, Sumanta K.
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VACCINATION ,CANCER patient psychology ,DRUG efficacy ,HEALTH services accessibility ,COVID-19 vaccines ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,PATIENT decision making ,PATIENTS' attitudes ,SURVEYS ,VACCINE hesitancy ,PATIENT education ,FEMALE reproductive organ tumors ,PATIENT safety - Abstract
Since the approval of the COVID-19 vaccines, their safety and efficacy has been widely demonstrated in patients with cancer. However, there remain patients with reservations regarding vaccination. We aimed to assess genitourinary cancer patients' perceptions of the vaccines as well as barriers and influencers of decision-making through the completion of a questionnaire. While vaccine-associated concerns were observed, most patients with genitourinary cancers were willing to receive the vaccine. Moving forward, differing strategies could be considered to enhance patient education on the utility of vaccination in the setting of cancer and beyond. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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