M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
To learn how radiation treatment may affect your responses to vaccines against pneumonia.
Primary Objectives \- Determine the impact of Grade IV radiation-induced lymphopenia on serologic responses to pneumococcal vaccination. Secondary Objectives * Determine the impact of chemoradiation on serologic responses to pneumococcal vaccination. * Determine the impact of radiation modality on serologic responses to pneumococcal vaccination. * Determine the impact of radiation modality on systemic immunity. * Determine the incidence of pneumonia among patients treated with a pneumococcal vaccine. * Determine the impact of radiation modality on pathologic response. * Determine the impact…
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Group 1A a. Patients currently receiving, planning to receive, or recently completed chemoradiation for esophageal cancer with protons. 2. Group 1B a. Patients currently receiving, planning to receive, or recently completed chemoradiation for esophageal cancer with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) 3. Group 2A a. Patients currently receiving, planning to receive, or recently completed definitive proton therapy for unresectable liver cancer. 4. Group 2B a. Patients currently receiving, planning to receive, or recently completed definitive IMRT…
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