Increased Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke in Lung Cancer Survivors: A Korean Nationwide Study of 20,458 patients

Lung cancer is currently one of the most common cancers worldwide, with increasing rates of diagnoses. There are 2,093,876 annual incident cases of lung cancer worldwide,[1] with 234,030 in the US[2] and 25,780 in Korea.[3] With the advancement of lung cancer treatments, the survivorship of lung cancer patients has improved. Five-year survival rates for localized lung cancer has increased from 49%[4] to 56%[2] in the US, with rates increasing from 16.5% to 27.1% for all lung cancer stages in Korea.[5] As a result, the number of lung cancer survivors has increased substantially, with an estimated 526,510 lung cancer survivors in the US as of January 1, 2016.[6]
Source: Lung Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research