Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women With and Without Breast Cancer: The Pathways Heart Study

CONCLUSION: Women with BC had increased incidence of CVD events, CVD-related mortality, and all-cause mortality compared with women without BC, and risks varied according to the history of cancer treatment received. Studies are needed to determine how women who received BC treatment should be cared for to improve cardiovascular outcomes.PMID:35385342 | DOI:10.1200/JCO.21.01736

Source: Clinical Breast Cancer - April 6, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Heather Greenlee Carlos Iribarren Jamal S Rana Richard Cheng Mai Nguyen-Huynh Eileen Rillamas-Sun Zaixing Shi Cecile A Laurent Valerie S Lee Janise M Roh Margarita Santiago-Torres Hanjie Shen Dawn L Hershman Lawrence H Kushi Romain Neugebauer Marilyn L Kw Source Type: research