Can I Have the Coronavirus Vaccine if I’ve had Breast Cancer Treatment?

With the COVID-19 vaccination programme being rolled out across the country Dr Sheeba Irshad, senior clinical lecturer, breast cancer medical oncologist and clinical deputy head of the Breast Cancer Now Research Unit at Kings College London, answers some common questions about the current vaccines and if they are safe and effective for people with breast cancer. Is the coronavirus vaccine safe if I’m having breast cancer treatment? For most people, it’s much safer to have the vaccine than not to have it and risk catching coronavirus. Some vaccines use a ‘live’ but weakened virus to give an immune response, which may be a risk to people with weaker immune systems. However, that’s not the case for the three available Covid-19 vaccines, which are considered safe for people having treatments that can weaken the immune system, such as chemotherapy. You should