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Owen McCarty: The Hidden Immune Mechanism Behind Chemotherapy-Associated Platelet Loss
Oct 31, 2026, 07:00

Owen McCarty: The Hidden Immune Mechanism Behind Chemotherapy-Associated Platelet Loss

Owen McCarty, Professor and Chair at Oregon Health and Science University, shared Vumedi Oncology’s post on LinkedIn about a recent article he and his colleagues co-authored, published in JTH, adding:

“Commentary written by Jessica Duong and Joseph Shatzel on the elegant study of platelet autoantibodies detected in patients who experience a drop in platelet count while receiving chemotherapy led by Andrew Song with Brian Curtis and Hanny Al Samkari in this month’s edition of Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (JTH).”

Title: A matter of supply and demand: reconsidering persistent chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia

Authors: Jessica Duong, Owen J.T. McCarty, Joseph J. ShatzelOwen McCarty: The Hidden Immune Mechanism Behind Chemotherapy-Associated Platelet Loss

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