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ReviewEuropean journal of heart failure2019

Cancer and heart disease: associations and relations.

Rudolf A de Boer, Wouter C Meijers, Peter van der Meer, Dirk J van Veldhuisen

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Review in European journal of heart failure, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 143 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
143citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
14.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

143 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 222 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rudolf A de BoerUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Wouter C MeijersUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Peter van der MeerUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Dirk J van VeldhuisenUniversity of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands.
University Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging evidence supports that cancer incidence is increased in patients with cardiovascular (CV) disease and heart failure (HF), and patients with HF frequently die from cancer. Recently, data have been generated showing that circulating factors in relation to HF promote tumour growth and development in murine models, providing proof that a causal relationship exists between both diseases. Several common pathophysiological mechanisms linking HF to cancer exist, and include inflammation, neuro-hormonal activation, oxidative stress and a dysfunctional immune system. These shared mechanisms, in combination with risk factors, in concert may explain why patients with HF are prone to develop cancer. Investigating the new insights linking HF with cancer is rapidly becoming an exciting new field of research, and we herein review the most recent data. Besides insights in mechanisms, we call for clinical awareness, that is essential to optimize treatment strategies of patients having developed cancer with a history of HF. Finally, ongoing and future trials should strive for comprehensive phenotyping of both CV and cancer end points, to allow optimal usefulness of data, and to better describe and understand common characteristics of these two lethal diseases.

Indexed as

ComorbidityGlobal HealthHeart FailureHumansIncidenceNeoplasmsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsCancerCardio-oncologyCirculating factorsHeart failure

Identifiers

PMID31321851
PMCPMC6988442
OpenAlexW2963080309

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