Heart Disease Mortality in Cancer Survivors: A Population-Based Study in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on the risk of cardiovascular-related mortality in patients with cancer are limited.

Methods and results

This retrospective cohort study used data from the Osaka Cancer Registry and vital statistics in Japan between 1985 and 2013. The causes of death were investigated, and the risk of fatal heart disease was analyzed. Standardized mortality ratios were calculated to compare the risk of fatal heart disease between patients with cancer and the general population. Fine and Gray competing risk regression models were used to assess the risk of fatal heart disease among patients with cancer. In total, 682 886 patients with cancer were included in the analysis, and 335 635 patients died during the study period. Heart disease was the leading cause of noncancer deaths

SUBMITTER: Gon Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10727325 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature