LLS says third COVID-19 shot can boost antibody levels in blood cancer patients

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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society published a study showing that more than one in two patients with B-cell blood cancers produced antibodies to a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine, despite having no detectable antibodies after the first two doses. 

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