GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Researchers at UF Health and the University of Texas MD Anderson have found that cancer patients may live longer if they receive the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine.

After analyzing more than 1,000 patients’ records at MD Anderson, they found that advanced lung or skin cancer patients who received the vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy drugs lived significantly longer.

They say the mRNA molecules, which carry genetic information needed to make proteins, can boost the immune system’s response to cancerous tumors.

“RNA, we believe, does an exceedingly good job of stimulating the sensors inside these cells in such a manner that it leads to an awakening of that immune response in a way we don’t think we would see with other vaccines,” said senior researcher D

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