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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Adult Cancer Survivors Linked to Higher Cardiovascular Disease Risk

A new study confirms what many adult survivors of cancer have long known: Cancer treatment can cure the disease but often carries harmful long-term and late effects (J Am Coll Cardiol 2022;80[1]:22-32). 

Findings from the large study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers showed that adult survivors of cancer have a 42% greater risk for cardiovascular disease than people without cancer. The co-investigators noted that survivors of cancer were associated with a 52% higher risk for