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If you’ve ever planned radiation delivery to places like the left lower lobe of the lung, you may have noticed you’re right next door to the spleen. And patients with impaired splenic function are at risk of vaccine-preventable infection from pneumococcus, H. flu, and meningococcus. Best practice may be to proactively ensure these patients have been appropriately vaccinated. | theMednet 2019