Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of mortality in women, yet many
people perceive breast cancer to be the number one threat to women's health. CVD and …

Abstract Purpose of Review Obesity is a recognized risk factor for the development of breast
cancer and recurrence even when patients are treated appropriately. We reviewed the …

Cancer and cardiovascular (CV) disease are the most prevalent diseases in the developed
world. Evidence increasingly shows that these conditions are interlinked through common …

PURPOSE To examine cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality risk in women with
breast cancer (BC) by cancer therapy received relative to women without BC. METHODS …

In 2001, the Institute of Medicine (now known as the National Academy of Sci-ence)
published a seminal monograph, Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health …

Purpose Breast cancer incidence and survival is high, which results in high prevalence of
breast cancer survivors. The risk of (death from) cardiovascular disease (CVD) is higher in …

Objectives: This study determined the effects of doxorubicin and/or trastuzumab on diastolic
function and the relationship between diastolic function and systolic dysfunction …

PURPOSE The incidence of cardiometabolic risk factors in breast cancer (BC) survivors has
not been well described. Thus, we compared risk of hypertension, diabetes, and …

Background There is growing evidence that breast cancer survivors have higher
cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality relative to the general population. Information on …

Objectives: This study sought to determine the rate of chemotherapy-related cardiotoxicity
and to estimate adherence to recommendations for cardiac monitoring among breast cancer …