Weighted Breast Cancer Patients Increase Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Apr 23, 2025
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Shin Dong-wook, a family medicine professor at Samsung Medical Center, Professor Han Kyung-do Soongsil University, and Dr. Jung Won-young of the University of Pennsylvania analyzed the risk of cardiovascular disease and heart failure due to weight changes before and after cancer diagnosis.
The results of this study were published in the international journals ' breast cancer research and treatment' (cardiovascular disease) and 'Oncology' (heart failure) of the American Medical Association, respectively.
According to the research team's follow-up of 43,000 patients who completed breast cancer treatment between 2010 and 2016, patients who gained more than 10% of weight compared to before breast cancer diagnosis had a 66% higher risk of cardiovascular disease than those who maintained their weight within 5%. In particular, in the case of heart failure, a 5-10% weight gain after diagnosis increased the risk of developing by 59%, and patients who gained more than 10% weight increased the risk of developing by 85%. This effect was noticeable in young breast cancer patients under the age of 50, indicating that patients under the age of 50 who were obese before and after breast cancer diagnosis had a 3.58 times higher risk of cardiovascular disease than those who were not obese.
The research team said these results suggest that weight management in the first few years after breast cancer treatment is important in protecting cardiovascular health, and that a program should be in place to provide overall care for cardiovascular health along with cancer treatment
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
