Do breast cancer survivors have elevated all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality compared to the general population?
Preventing cardiac deaths, particularly among older breast cancer patients, could lead to reductions in overall mortality.
Breast cancer survivors continue to have an elevated mortality compared with the general population for many years after diagnosis. Preventing cardiac deaths, particularly among older breast cancer patients, could lead to reductions in mortality.
Ramin et al. (Mon,) studied this question.