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January 10, 2016European Journal of Heart FailureOpen Access

Incidence of Cancer in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study

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Why the study?

Does chronic heart failure increase the incidence of cancer and worsen prognosis?

Population

Patients with chronic heart failure

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

long-term

Authors

ABAnn BankeMSMorten SchouLVLars Videbæk

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Overview

HF may warrant closer cancer monitoring; extends observational links to long-term risk but leaves causality and screening open.

Structured PICO

Does chronic heart failure increase the incidence of cancer and worsen prognosis?

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Population
Patients with chronic heart failure
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Comparator
Patients without heart failure
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Outcome
Incidence of cancer and prognosishard clinical

Chronic heart failure is associated with an increased long-term risk of developing cancer and a worse prognosis if cancer occurs.

Cite This Study

Banke et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df0cf3b46aaead81614144https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.472
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