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. 2022 Sep;11(9):1497–1506. doi: 10.21037/gs-22-454

Table 4. Adverse reactions of different types of vaccines and the relationship between different treatment regimens and adverse reactions.

Adverse reactions Total (n=341) Type of vaccination Current treatment
Inactivated vaccine (n=289, 84.8%) Protein subunit vaccine (n=52, 15.2%) P CT (n=15) TT (n=2) ET (n=221) CMT (n=20) ≥ Two therapy methods (n=7) NT (n=76) P
Any 147 (43.1) 124 (42.9) 23 (44.2) 0.859 6 (40.0) 0 101 (45.7) 8 (40.0) 3 (42.9) 29 (38.2) 0.781
Local 115 (33.7) 95 (32.9) 20 (38.5) 0.433 4 (26.7) 0 81 (36.7) 3 (15.0) 2 (28.6) 25 (32.9) 0.414
Pain 97 (28.4) 83 (28.7) 14 (26.9) 0.791 3 (20.0) 0 69 (31.2) 2 (10.0) 1 (14.3) 22 (28.9) 0.339
Induration, swelling 18 (5.3) 13 (4.5) 5 (9.6) 0.168 0 0 12 (5.4) 1 (5.0) 1 (14.3) 4 (5.3) 0.666
Itch 14 (4.1) 10 (3.5) 4 (7.7) 0.243 1 (6.7) 0 8 (3.6) 0 0 5 (6.6) 0.630
Systemic 52 (15.2) 45 (15.6) 7 (13.5) 0.697 3 (20.0) 0 33 (14.9) 17 (85.0) 1 (14.3) 10 (13.2) <0.001
Fatigue 30 (8.8) 28 (9.7) 2 (3.8) 0.284 3 (20.0) 0 21 (9.5) 2 (10.0) 0 4 (5.3) 0.457
Headache, dizziness 11 (3.2) 8 (2.8) 3 (5.8) 0.227 1 (6.7) 0 5 (2.3) 2 (10.0) 0 3 (3.9) 0.227
Stuffy, runny nose 9 (2.6) 8 (2.8) 1 (1.9) 1.000 0 0 5 (2.3) 2 (10.0) 0 2 (2.6) 0.373
Itch 7 (2.1) 6 (2.1) 1 (1.9) 1.000 1 (6.7) 0 5 (2.3) 0 1 (14.3) 0 0.099
Rash 3 (0.9) 2 (0.7) 1 (1.9) 0.392 0 0 2 (0.9) 0 0 1 (1.3) 1.000
Arthralgia 3 (0.9) 2 (0.7) 1 (1.9) 0.392 0 0 2 (0.9) 1 (5.0) 0 0 0.406
Fever 3 (0.9) 2 (0.7) 1 (1.9) 0.392 0 0 2 (0.9) 1 (5.0) 0 0 0.406
Diarrhea 2 (0.6) 2 (0.7) 0 1.000 0 0 2 (0.9) 0 0 0 1.000
Appetite impaired 2 (0.6) 2 (0.7) 0 1.000 0 0 1 (0.5) 1 (5.0) 0 0 0.291
Other 6 (1.8) 6 (2.1) 0 0.596 1 (6.7) 0 4 (1.8) 0 0 1 0.513

The data are expressed as n (%). CT, chemotherapy; TT, HER2-targeted therapy (such as trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and pyrotinib, among others); ET, endocrine therapy (such as tamoxifen, toremifene, anastrozole, exemestane); CMT, Chinese medicine treatment; NT, not receiving a treatment.