Adult thymectomy is associated with increased mortality risk from cancer but not cardiovascular disease

Kameron A Kooshesh; Brody H Foy; Richard A Baylis; Karin Gustafsson; Daniel A Zlotoff; Tomas G Neilan; David T Scadden

doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2024015286

Adult thymectomy is associated with increased mortality risk from cancer but not cardiovascular disease

Blood Adv. 2025 Nov 11;9(21):5449-5452. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024015286.

Authors

Kameron A Kooshesh^{1

2

3

4}, Brody H Foy^{5

6}, Richard A Baylis^{7

8}, Karin Gustafsson^{1

2

3}, Daniel A Zlotoff⁷, Tomas G Neilan⁷, David T Scadden^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
² Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
³ Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
⁵ Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
⁶ Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
⁷ Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
⁸ Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

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