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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauran Neergaard

COVID-19 vaccines may help some cancer patients fight tumors

Vaccines Cancer Benefit - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients – revving up their immune systems to help fight tumors.

People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were taking certain immunotherapy drugs lived substantially longer if they also got a Pfizer or Moderna shot within 100 days of starting treatment, according to preliminary research being reported Wednesday in the journal Nature.

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