Increased Risk of All Cardiovascular Disease Subtypes Among Childhood Cancer Survivors: Population-Based Matched Cohort Study.

Childhood cancer survivors are at risk for a range of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) as a consequence of their cancer therapy.[1] However, most studies have focused on anthracycline-related heart failure (HF) only. Because the prevalence of CVD is expected to increase with age, this study reinforces the need for periodic CVD surveillance, and consideration of all CVD types, in childhood cancer survivors. 1 Mulrooney DA Yeazel MW Kawashima T Mertens AC Mitby P Stovall M Donaldson SS Green DM Sklar CA Robison LL Cardiac outcomes in a cohort of adult survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer: retrospective analysis of the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study cohort. [Extracted from the article]