Cardiovascular disease in breast cancer patients: a nationwide real-world evidence study 2013-20.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Various measures have been implemented in clinical practice to reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications during breast cancer (BC) treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate whether women diagnosed with BC exhibit a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Methods and results

Matched cohort study. Using data from the Cancer Registry of Norway and the Norwegian Patient Registry, we created a nationwide cohort of women diagnosed with BC between 2013 and 2020 and age-matched controls (matching ratio 1:10). For BC patients, the index date was the date of their BC diagnosis. For controls, the index date was a random date within the index year of the matched BC patient. For eight selected CVDs, we compared the prevalence before BC diagnosis between cas

SUBMITTER: Engebretsen I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12042752 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature