Disaggregating cancer risk among Asian American and Pacific Islander solid organ transplant recipients

Affiliations

¹ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.
² Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.

Stephanie Wang et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 1;117(7):1293-1295.

doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaf092.

¹ Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States.
² Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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