Statin Use and Risk of Vascular Events Among Cancer Patients After Radiotherapy to the Thorax, Head, and Neck

Statin Use and Risk of Vascular Events Among Cancer Patients After Radiotherapy to the Thorax, Head, and Neck

Background This study aimed to explore whether statins reduce radiation‐induced vascular complications in cancer patients postradiotherapy to the thorax, head, and neck. Methods and Results We conducted a retrospective cohort study within a provincial linked database of 5718 cardiac patients with th...

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Main Authors: Jacinthe Boulet, Jessica Peña, Edward A. Hulten, Tomas G. Neilan, Alice Dragomir, Carolyn Freeman, Christine Lambert, Tarek Hijal, Lyne Nadeau, James M. Brophy, Negareh Mousavi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
cancer and stroke
myocardial infarction
radiotherapy
statin
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.005996

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