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Cardiovascular disease and cancer: shared risk factors and mechanisms

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 10 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01017-x Patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have an increased risk of cancer, and patients with cancer have an increased risk of CVD.

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Study Identifies Incidence, Risk Factors of Acute Kidney Injury in Cancer Patients

HCPLive

mortality rate among patients with cancer and AKI due to a variety of risk factors, ranging from length of ICU stay to sepsis. Results showed a 50.5%

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Long-term Survivors of Childhood Cancer at Higher Risk of Death Following Heart Issues; Threshold for Treating Risk Factors Should be Lower

DAIC

The findings – published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology — could fuel advocacy for a paradigm shift in clinical heart health guidelines to address cardiovascular risk factors at an earlier age in childhood cancer survivors. “We Wendy Bottinor, MD.

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Advancing the CV Care of the Oncology Patient: Atherosclerosis, CV Risk Factors Common at Lung Cancer Diagnosis

American College of Cardiology

Nearly 80% of patients with lung cancer had detectable atherosclerosis on their cancer staging CT scans and other cardiovascular risk factors were common, offering an opportunity for earlier cardiac testing and risk factor modification, according to a new study.

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Study Finds Air Pollution Can Increase Cardiovascular Risk for Cancer Patients

DAIC

Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 06/19/2024 - 20:54 June 19, 2024 — Modern therapies have extended the lives of many cancer patients; however, survivors often live with chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular disease. They found that exposure to PM2.5,

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Long-term risk of heart failure in adult cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Heart BMJ

Background Cancer survivors are at increased risk of heart failure (HF). While cardiotoxicity is commonly sought at the time of cancer chemotherapy, HF develops as a result of multiple ‘hits’ over time, and there is limited evidence regarding the frequency and causes of HF during survivorship. compared with 1.7%

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Why Insulin Resistance Is The Biggest Silent Risk Factor For Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Insulin resistance is a major risk factor for the leading causes of death, the leading one being cardiovascular disease. Understanding where you sit on this continuum is a key part of defining your future risk of heart disease but also dementia, and many cancers. The key is to identify risk much earlier.