A breast cancer survivor's point of view on COVID-19 vaccines / Dr. Andi Sharp, Mayo Clinic Flo

As an emergency medicine physician, Andrea Sharp, M.D., is familiar with COVID-19, having been on the front lines of the pandemic treating patients who come into Mayo Clinic Hospital in Florida. But Dr. Sharp is also a breast cancer survivor, so she is well-aware of the concerns cancer patients have about COVID-19 and the new COVID-19 vaccines.

"I was diagnosed in April 2016 with an early stage breast cancer," says Dr. Sharp, who underwent surgery and six weeks of radiation. Despite being four years from her original diagnosis when COVID-19 struck, Dr. Sharp had her own questions. "Not only as a physician, but also as someone who's been challenged with the diagnosis of cancer and been through treatments," she says. "There were ― and still are ― a lot of unknowns."
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