Cardiovascular Mortality Risk After Cancer Diagnosis by County‐Level Characteristics in the United States 2000–2021
Cancer survivors experience substantial and sustained excess CVD mortality, with the greatest disparities in rural and persistently impoverished counties. These findings highlight the need to integrate cardiovascular surveillance into survivorship care and expand access to cardio-oncology services in socially vulnerable communities.
Authors
- Young‐Rock Hong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0366-5687)
- Beth A Virnig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8153-7488)
- Yenan Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5085-1589)
- Ryan Suk
- Yueh‐Yun Lin
Institutions
- Houston Methodist (US)
- Emory University (US)
- University of Florida Health (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Piedmont Cancer Institute (US)
- University of Florida Health Science Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.71675
- Primary Topic
- Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00