[The Epoch Times, July 3, 2022](Reported by The Epoch Times reporter Chen Juncun) An American study shows that if you arecancersurvivor, then you sufferCardiovascular diseasesare much more likely than others.This could be caused bycancerTherapyrightheartInjured.
Oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland, which led the study, UPI reported.heartAccording to Roberta Florido, director of cardio-oncology, chemotherapy for cancer patientsTherapyand radiation therapy can affect the heart, and in the long term, they may increase the risk ofCardiovascular diseasesofrisk。
For the study, Florida and colleagues collected and analyzed data from more than 12,400 men and women who participated in another survey of cardiovascular disease from 1987 to 2020riskResearch. Of all the participants, more than 3,200 had cancer at the time.
The study found that cancer survivors were 42 percent more likely to develop heart disease, 52 percent more likely to have heart failure and 22 percent more likely to have a stroke than others. But they were not significantly more likely to develop coronary artery disease or heart attack.
Those with a higher risk of heart disease were survivors of breast, lung and colorectal cancers, the researchers said. Cancers of the blood and lymph nodes also increase the risk of heart disease. But not prostate cancer, which is rarely treated with aggressive therapies that affect the heart.
Floredo noted that heart problems can appear during a patient’s cancer therapy or months or years later.
Even if cancer patients don’t develop any heart problems during treatment, the increased risk persists later in life, she said.
“Just because you don’t have heart failure during chemotherapy doesn’t mean you’ll be fine 10 to 15 years later,” she said. “You’re always at a higher risk of heart failure than patients who don’t have these treatments.”
Many cancer doctors don’t know that their patients are at increased risk of heart disease, but they and their patients should, she said. She hopes the results of the study will raise awareness of the issue among doctors and patients.
The findings were published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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