Heart Group Warns of Cardiovascular Risks After Treatment for Breast Cancer – STAT

Read article - Quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about the the American Heart Association's warning on Thursday that breast cancer survivors, especially those treated with common chemotherapies, are at increased risk for heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases. "Treatment-related mortality [from heart disease] is not reliably captured in breast-cancer mortality," says Welch.