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Increases in HCV-Related Liver Cancer Incidence, Mortality Suggest Rising Global Health Burden

HCPLive

Investigators examined data from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors study 2019 to describe the global, regional, and national burden of liver cancer due to hepatitis C since 1990.

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Preventing Cancers by Modifying Risk Factors

CTVS

New research shows that many cases of cancer and resulting deaths could have been prevented if Americans modified some of their unhealthy lifestyle habits.

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Sudden cardiac arrest in patients with cancer in the general population: insights from the Paris-SDEC registry

Heart BMJ

Background Data on the management of patients with cancer presenting with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) are scarce. We aimed to assess the characteristics and outcomes of SCA according to cancer history. Results Out of 4069 patients who had SCA admitted alive in hospital, 207 (5.1%) had current or past medical history of cancer.

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Trends of Cardiovascular Disease Related Mortality in Breast Cancer in the United States From 1999 to 2019

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 19 April 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Mohil Garg, Patrick Creechan, Anita Sadeghpour, Dmitry Abramov, Sourbha S. Dani, Sarju Ganatra, Sadeer G. Al-Kindi, Erin D. Michos, Arunima Misra, Anita Deswal, Nicolas L. Palaskas, Salim S. Virani, Vijay Nambi, Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas

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Abstract 4147601: Associations between Accelerated Aging Phenotypes with Cancer-Specific and Cardiovascular-Specific Mortality in Long-Term Cancer Survivorship

Circulation

Background:The consequences of cancer and anti-cancer treatments are often described as representing an “accelerated aging” phenotype. Participants missing vital data and those diagnosed with multiple cancers, childhood cancers, cancer within the previous 5 years, or skin cancer were excluded.

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STS Announces Late-breaker Research to Be Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting

DAIC

The analysis included 4,798 patients from 207 STS sites who underwent esophagectomy between 2012-2019. The researchers found that Medicare patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer exhibit identifiable predictors for long-term survival and readmission.

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Abstract 4148170: Impact of cancer on healthcare utilization in patients with heart failure

Circulation

Background:Cardiovascular disease is an important cause for mortality in cancer patients and cancer is a primary cause of non- cardiac mortality in patients with heart failure. Patients with a principal discharge diagnosis of heart failure were stratified into two groups based on presence of cancer. vs 3.1%; OR: 1.6;