The Effect of Thymectomy on the Incidence of Extrathymic Cancers and Autoimmune Diseases in Patients With Non‐Thymomatous Myasthenia Gravis
In this cohort of patients with non-thymomatous MG, thymectomy was not associated with an increased risk of malignancy. Different models for a second autoimmune disease had conflicting findings, requiring further research.
Authors
- Mohamed Khateb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2262-2674)
- Carolina Barnett‐Tapia
- Adnan A AlMasri
- Vera Bril (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5805-4883)
Institutions
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Yarmouk University (JO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Muscle & Nerve
- Published
- 2026-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mus.70218
- Primary Topic
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00