Risk of cardiovascular disease in cancer survivors: A cohort study of 446,384 New Zealand primary care patients
Essa Tawfiq,
Romana Pylypchuk,
J. Mark Elwood
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundGiven advances in the management of cancer, it is increasingly important for clinicians to appropriately manage the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among cancer survivors. It is unclear whether CVD risk is increased among cancer survivors overall, and there is inconsistency in evidence to date about CVD incidence and mortality by cancer type.MethodsPatients aged 30‐74 years entered an open cohort study at the time of first CVD risk assessment, between 2004 and 2018, in primary care in New Zealan… Show more
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