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bencollier49 on Nov 3, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Organ transplant patients may not get dementia

Given that it suppresses organ rejection, my untrained speculation is that it might make you more prone to cancer.

macNchz on Nov 3, 2021 [–]

Yes, per https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK304321/

> There is sufficient evidence in humans for the carcinogenicity of ciclosporin. Ciclosporin causes cancer of the skin (squamous cell carcinoma), cancer at multiple other sites, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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