breast cancer’s link to heart disease

by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters

Although breast cancer survivors usually worry about their long-term risk of recurrence, most of these women should be just as concerned about their hearts, medical researchers reported at a San Francisco oncology conference.

The 10-year risk of a serious cardiovascular event was at least as high as the risk of breast cancer for 78% of women, Dr. Aditya Bardia of Johns Hopkins and colleagues reported at the ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium.

Dr. Rowan Chlebowski of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles and chair of the session where the results were presented, said this link is a consistent message emerging in breast oncology:

” Breast cancer patients need more attention to cardiovascular health regardless of their risk level. We need more interaction with cardiologists.” Continue reading “Breast cancer survivors also at increased risk for developing heart disease” →

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