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. 2018 May 8;115(19):E4314-E4315.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1803180115. Epub 2018 Apr 18.

Are most cancer cases a consequence of an immune deficiency caused by thymic involution?

Julio José Jiménez-Alonso  1 , José Manuel Calderón-Montaño  1 , Miguel López-Lázaro  2
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Are most cancer cases a consequence of an immune deficiency caused by thymic involution?

Julio José Jiménez-Alonso et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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  • Thymic involution and rising disease incidence with age.
    Palmer S, Albergante L, Blackburn CC, Newman TJ. Palmer S, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Feb 20;115(8):1883-1888. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1714478115. Epub 2018 Feb 5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018. PMID: 29432166 Free PMC article.

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