Does Cardiovascular Mortality Overtake Cancer Mortality During Cancer Survivorship?: An English Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer survivors have a higher risk for developing cardiovascular diseases than the general population.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate whether cardiovascular mortality overtakes cancer-specific mortality during cancer survivorship and, if so, at what point cardiovascular disease becomes the dominant cause of death.

Methods

This cohort study used linked English electronic health records, including death registration data. The study population included 104,028 adults ≥40 years of age whose first cancer diagnosis was for 1 of 9 common cancers and who were alive and followed up at least 1 year after diagnosis. Age-stratified mortality rates were estimated from cardiovascular disease or cancer by predicting from Poisson models incorporating

SUBMITTER: Strongman H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9040113 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature