The role of genetic predisposition in cardiovascular risk after cancer diagnosis: a matched cohort study of the UK Biobank.
Huazhen YangYu ZengWenwen ChenYajing SunYao HuZhiye YingJunren WangYuanyuan QuFang FangUnnur Anna ValdimarsdottirHuan SongPublished in: British journal of cancer (2022)
Our findings suggest that patients with a recent cancer diagnosis were at an increased risk of multiple types of CVD and the excess CVD risk was higher among individuals with lower genetic susceptibility to CVD, highlighting a general need for enhanced psychological assistance and clinical surveillance of CVD among newly diagnosed cancer patients.