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which cancer is most likely as an adverse effect of long term immunosuppressive therapy?
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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered
49 years experience Pathology
Lymphoma: Tumors of the lymphoid system, lymphomas are the commonest tumors associated with immune suppression.
Answered on Apr 12, 2014
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