Thymus cancer. This rare type of cancer grows in cells of the thymus gland. It can spread to other parts of your body. Thymic involution. The thymus gland slowly shrinks as you get older.

BEHIND your chest wall sits a small fatty gland called the thymus. The blob-like organ was thought to be useless in adults – ...

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In some cases, the process seems to be related to the thymus gland, which helps produce antibodies. About 15% of all myasthenia gravis patients are found to have a thymoma, a tumor of the thymus.