Cancer Diagnosis Increases Risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Study
Patients with lymphomas, prostate, lung or breast cancer diagnoses had an even higher risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome than other cancer patients.
Patients with lymphomas, prostate, lung or breast cancer diagnoses had an even higher risk of Guillain-Barré Syndrome than other cancer patients.
The previously-used vaccine, Zostavax, was contraindicated for use in immunocompromised adults and involved live virus, unlike the Shingrix shingles vaccine.
Researchers say the risk-benefit profile of Shingrix still favors it being used as a shingles vaccine.