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Cardiovascular disease incidence in adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: a retrospective cohort study
ConclusionWhile cancer therapies are known to increase the risk of CVD, this study additionally shows that CVD risk varies by sociodemographic factors.Implications for cancer survivorsThe identification and mitigation of CVD risk factors in these subgroups may improve long-term patient outcomes.
Source: Journal of Cancer Survivorship - February 9, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

New Insights from Studies of Clonal Hematopoiesis.
Abstract Clonal hematopoiesis (CH) describes an asymptomatic expansion of blood cells descended from a single hematopoietic stem cell. Recent studies have shown that CH increases in frequency with aging, and is often driven by somatic mutations in genes that are recurrently mutated in hematologic malignancies. When CH is associated with a mutation in a leukemia-associated gene at a variant allele frequency of 0.02 or greater, it is termed "clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential" (CHIP).  CHIP has a 0.5-1% risk per year of progression to hematological neoplasia, and increases both all-cause mortality and ...
Source: Clinical Cancer Research - April 27, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Gibson CJ, Steensma DP Tags: Clin Cancer Res Source Type: research