Measles Immunity Wanes in Kids Treated for Leukemia

Clinicians should remain aware of the higher risk for infection that patients with cancer and cancer survivors face and take appropriate steps to mitigate those risks, said Lia Gore, head of hematology/oncology and bone marrow transplantation at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora. “These data suggest that further study of the immune ‘capacity’ of survivors of childhood ALL should be examined more closely,” said Gore, who was not involved in the study. “It also suggests that other patients treated for childhood cancer could be at similar risk.”