Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease Among Thyroid Cancer Survivors: Findings From the Utah Cancer Survivors Study.

ABSTRACT: Context:Thyroid cancer survivors are at high risk of developing multiple cardiac and vascular conditions as consequence of cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, it is still unclear how the baseline and prognostic factors, as well as cancer treatments, play a role in increasing cardiac and vascular disease risk among thyroid cancer survivors. Objective:To investigate the association between potential risk factors, treatment effects, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes in thyroid cancer survivors. Design, Setting, Patients:Primary thyroid cancer survivors, diagnosed from 1997 to 2012 (n = 3822), were identified using the statewide Utah Population Database. The medical records were used to ascertain information on risk factors and CVD outcomes. Cox proportional hazards models were us

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6915829 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature