Cardio-oncology & otherResearch article
Lung Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
- Narrative review
Study context
- Population
- Patients with lung cancer
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Prevalence of pre-existing CVD and risk of CV events postdiagnosis among patients with cancer
- Lung cancer patients have the highest prevalence of pre-existing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the highest risk of CV events postdiagnosis among patients with cancer
- Driven by shared risk factors (particularly smoking and socioeconomic factors) and common biology
- Multimodality lung cancer therapies (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy) are associated with CVD
- narrative review
Original publication
Lung Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease. JACC CardioOncol. doi:10.1016/j.jaccao.2025.05.003
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