Flu vaccine ‘appears to extend survival for patients with cancer’

A randomised controlled trial of vaccination postsurgery is warranted, say the authors of a Danish registry study
Clare Pain

People with cancer undergoing curative resection of a solid tumour might live longer if they have an influenza vaccination within a month after surgery, an observational study suggests.

Danish researchers set out to test whether flu vaccination in the six months after cancer surgery boosted the chances of survival.