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Fatal heart disease among cancer patients

Authors :
Kelsey C. Stoltzfus
Ying Zhang
Kathleen Sturgeon
Lawrence I. Sinoway
Daniel M. Trifiletti
Vernon M. Chinchilli
Nicholas G. Zaorsky
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

As the overlap between heart disease and cancer patients increases as cancer-specific mortality is decreasing, identifying cancer patients who are at an increased risk of death from heart disease is important. Here the authors report on risk of death from heart diseases among more than 7.5 million cancer patients.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723 and 42848210
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f483ab63f84e42848210ce6adacc0783
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15639-5