Outcomes after cancer diagnosis in children and adult patients with congenital heart disease in Sweden: a registry-based cohort study
Conclusions
Cancer-related deaths constituted 1.8% of all mortalities across all CHD patients. Among CHD patients with cancer, 18.3% died, with cancer being the cause in 71.9% of cases. Although CHD patients have an increased cancer risk, their mortality risk post-diagnosis does not significantly differ from non-CHD patients after adjustements and exclusion of patients with genetic syndromes and transplant recipients. However, CHD patients with genetic syndromes and concurrent cancer appear to be a vulnerable group.
Source: BMJ Open - Category: General Medicine Authors: Karazisi, C., Dellborg, M., Mellgren, K., Giang, K. W., Skoglund, K., Eriksson, P., Mandalenakis, Z. Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine Source Type: research
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