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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · South Asian J Cancer 2021; 10(01): 03-08
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1731909
Consensus

South Asian Declaration—Consensus Guidelines for COVID-19 Vaccination in Cancer Patients

Raja Thirumalairaj
1   Department of Medical Oncology, Apollo Cancer Center, Teynampet, Chennai, India
,
Purvish M. Parikh
2   Department of Oncology, Integrated Academic Society of Clinical Oncology, Mumbai Oncocare Centers, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Amit Agarwal
3   Department of Medical Oncology, BLK Superspecilaity Hospital, Delhi, India
,
Randeep Singh
4   Department of Molecular Oncology Society, Narayana Health, Delhi, India
,
Arvind Krishnamurthy
5   Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, India
,
Sharad S. Desai
6   Department of Surgical Oncology, Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Miraj, Maharashtra, India
,
Amita Maheshwari
7   Divison of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre and Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Prashant Mehta
8   Department of Medical Oncology/Hematoncology/BMT, Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad, India
,
Abdul Ghafur
9   Department of Infectious Diseases, Apollo Cancer Institute, Chennai, India
,
S. P. Somashekhar
10   Department of Surgical Oncology, MHEPL, Manipal Comprehensive Cancer Center, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, India
,
Ahamed Iqbal
11   Oncology and Radiotherapy Department, Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka
,
Dhairyasheel N. Savant
12   Department of Surgical Oncology, Asian Cancer Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Syed Md Akram Hussain
13   Department of Radiotherapy, Square Oncology and Radiotherapy Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh
,
Amit Bhatt
14   Department of Medical Oncology, Avinash Cancer Clinic, Pune, India
,
Tashi Wangdi
15   Oncology Department, JDWNR Hospital and KGUMS, Thimphu, Bhutan
,
Jyoti Bajpai
16   Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Anantbhushan A. Ranade
17   Department of Medical Oncology, Avinash Cancer Clinic, Pune, India
,
K. Govind Babu
18   Department of Medical and Pediatric Oncology, St. Johns Medical College and Hospital, HCG Hospitals, Bangalore, India
,
Ajay Bapna
19   Department of Medical Oncology, BMCHRC, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
,
Ghanshyam Biswas
20   Department of Medical Oncology, Sparsh Hospital and Sum Hospital, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
,
Hemant Malhotra
21   Department of Medical Oncology, Sri Ram Cancer Center, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
,
M. Vamshi Krishna
22   Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Institute of Oncology, AIG Hospitals, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India
,
Rajendra Prasad Baral
23   Department of Medical Oncology, Norvic International Hospital and Om Hospital and Research Center, Kathmandu, Nepal
,
Rajesh Vashishtha
24   Department of Radiation Oncology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Bathinda, Punjab, India
,
Ahmad Javid Safi
25   Afghanistan Cancer Foundation and Covid-19 Control Command Centre, Kabil, Afghanistan
,
Sharmila Agarwal
26   Department of Radiotherapy, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
J. P. Agarwal
27   Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Krishna Kumar Rathnam
28   Department of Medical Oncology, Meenakshi Mission Hospital and Research Centre, Madurai, India
,
P. N. Mohapatra
29   Department of Medical Oncology, Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
,
Rajeev Vijay Kumar
30   Department of Oncology, BGS Gleneagles Global Hospital, Bangalore, India
,
Senthil Rajappa
31   Department of Medical Oncology, Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and Research Center, Hyderabad, India
,
Sewanti Atul Limaye
32   Department of Oncology and Oncology Research, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Amish Vora
33   Department of Oncology, H.O.P.E. Oncology Cancer Clinic, PSRI Hospital, New Delhi, India
,
Vijay A.P. Reddy
34   Department of Radiation Oncology, Apollo Cancer Institute, Hyderabad, India
,
Bhavesh B. Parekh
35   Department of Oncology, Shalby Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India
,
G. K. Rath
36   National Cancer Center, Delhi, India
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Abstract

We provide the South Asian Declaration, containing the consensus guidelines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination in cancer patients.

Keywords

pandemic - immunity - recommendations - vaccine - Covishield - Covaxin - Sputnik V


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20 August 2021

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