Why the study?
What is the incidence of metastatic cancer to the heart in patients dying from cancer?
Population
694 deaths from cancer (autopsy data from The New York Hospital, 1947-1953)
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Cardiac metastases merit consideration in advanced cancer, especially hematologic; leaves open contemporary prevalence with modern therapies.
What is the incidence of metastatic cancer to the heart in patients dying from cancer?
Autopsy data from 1947-1953 revealed an 18.3% overall incidence of cardiac metastases in patients dying from cancer, with higher rates in hematologic malignancies.
STANLEY M. HANFLING (1960) studied this question.