Does Shingles risk rise?

Posted by srobinet @srobinet, 9 hours ago

I saw another post mentioning Shingles. Does the Radiation or Chemo increase the risk of a Shingles outbreak? I have not had the vaccine but have considered it a few times over the last couple of years. I just keep putting it off. Would getting the vaccine lower the chance of Shingles during treatment or would it be a bad ideal to get one now?

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