Prevalence of Cancer in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease Compared With the General Population

The prevalence rate of cancer among adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) in North America has not been previously described. The Quebec adult CHD database was used to determine the prevalence rate of cancer among adult patients with CHD measured as the number of adults with CHD and can...

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Published in:	The American journal of cardiology Vol. 118; no. 11; pp. 1742 - 1750
Main Authors:	Gurvitz, Michelle, Ionescu-Ittu, Raluca, Guo, Liming, Eisenberg, Mark J., Abrahamowicz, Michal, Pilote, Louise, Marelli, Ariane J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2016 Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Adult Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Cardiovascular Cardiovascular disease Congenital diseases Female Health risk assessment Heart Defects, Congenital - complications Humans Male Middle Aged Neoplasms - complications Neoplasms - diagnosis Neoplasms - epidemiology Population Surveillance Prevalence Prognosis Quebec - epidemiology Retrospective Studies Risk Assessment - methods Sex Distribution Skin cancer Young Adult Canada Quebec Canada
ISSN:	0002-9149, 1879-1913
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