UPI reports Australian researchers say cancer patients should be care of developing shingles.<br /><br />The painful skin condition is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.<br /><br />The virus lays dormant in the human body then appears at some point later in life.<br /><br />A new study shows a cancer diagnosis puts patients at 40% higher risk of developing shingles than a person without cancer.<br /><br />Patients with a blood-related, or hematological, cancer diagnosis were three times more likely to get shingles.
