Heart failure can increase cancer risk
A study in more than 200,000 individuals has found that patients with heart failure are more likely to develop cancer compared to their peers without heart failure. The
research is presented today at Heart Failure 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC),
1 and published in
2
This was an observational study and the results do not prove that heart failure causes cancer. However, the findings do suggest that heart failure patients may benefit from cancer prevention measures.
Dr. Mark Luedde, Study Author, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel and Cardiology Joint Practice Bremerhaven, Germany
Heart failure affects around 65 million people worldwide.
Heart failure may increase the risk of developing cancer, a study has found.
Up to 920,000 people in the UK are thought to be living with the condition, which happens when the heart is not pumping blood around the body as well as it should – often following damage to the organ’s muscles from a heart attack.
Now researchers who have been tracking people with heart failure over ten years have found they are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer.
The study of more than 200,000 people found around a quarter of heart failure patients went on to get cancer, compared to just 16 per cent of those without the heart condition.
– 28 June 2021
: A study in more than 200,000 individuals has found that patients with heart failure are more likely to develop cancer compared to their peers without heart failure. The
research is presented today at Heart Failure 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC),
1 and published in
2
“This was an observational study and the results do not prove that heart failure causes cancer,” said author Dr. Mark Luedde of the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel and Cardiology Joint Practice Bremerhaven, Germany. “However, the findings do suggest that heart failure patients may benefit from cancer prevention measures.”
Heart failure affects around 65 million people worldwide.
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Sophia Antipolis - 28 June 2021: A study in more than 200,000 individuals has found that patients with heart failure are more likely to develop cancer compared to their peers without heart failure. The research is presented today at Heart Failure 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC),1 and published in
ESC Heart Failure, a journal of the ESC.2 This was an observational study and the results do not prove that heart failure causes cancer, said author Dr. Mark Luedde of the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel and Cardiology Joint Practice Bremerhaven, Germany. However, the findings do suggest that heart failure patients may benefit from cancer prevention measures.
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