Long-term incidence of cancer after index treatment for symptomatic peripheral arterial disease - a health insurance claims data analysis.

: Cancer as a concomitant condition in symptomatic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients could have an impact on further therapy and the long-term prognosis of these patients. Aim of this study was to investigate whether there is an increased incidence of cancer in PAD patients and to quantify the corresponding effect size. : Between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2017, we analysed health insurance claims data from Germany's second-largest insurance fund, BARMER.