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Vaccinations after ipi?
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Vaccinations after ipi?

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    • January 16, 2018 at 7:50 pm
    JaiLee
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      Hi Everyone,
      I need to get a hep A vaccine, and was wondering how long after my last ipi infusion can one have vaccinations? Without com[plications? I thought I was told a year, but wondering if anyone else has had to be vaccinated and what their response was.

      Thanks!

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        • January 16, 2018 at 8:09 pm
        BillB
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          I would simply ask my oncologist.

          • January 16, 2018 at 8:26 pm
          jennunicorn
          Participant

            It would be best to ask your oncologist their opinion. I have never heard anything about vaccinations and timing from my oncologist. The Hep A vaccine is a dead vaccine, so I would think it would be fine to get, just like getting the flu vaccine, but check in with your onc on that one 🙂

            • January 16, 2018 at 8:38 pm
            MichelleRHG
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              My oncologist said a dead vaccine is fine during immunotherapy but not a live one.
                • January 20, 2018 at 5:20 am
                CancerSpouse
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                  My husband's oncologist said the same. ~ Carol

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