A history of cancer should be considered a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and be included in risk calculators, UK clinicians say. The recommendation follows a study showing that cancer survivors have more than a 50% increased risk of conditions such as heart failure and cardiomyopathy compared to the general population. The retrospective study published ...
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Should we include cancer history as a cardiovascular risk factor?
By Emma Wilkinson
28 Aug 2019