Selectively increased risk of cancer in men with coronary heart disease.

Am J Cardiol

Heart Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Published: February 2001

Cancer incidence was assessed among a cohort of 10,923 male coronary patients in Israel screened for participation in a secondary prevention trial and compared with national cancer incidence rates. Higher total and age-specific incidence rates of cancer were observed among male coronary patients than among the Israeli male population, but this excess was limited to cancers of the lung, bladder, and colon.

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