7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 A US cohort study from 1991 to 2008 points out that 26.2% patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) treatment die of cancer, which becomes the second main cause of death among patients undergoing PCI, and the cancer mortality shows an increasing trend over time in this study. 12 Another US randomized control study has showed that the proportion of cancer mortality in all‐cause death is 25% among patients undergoing PCI treatment within 3‐year follow‐up. 13 However, among patients with CAD, the proportion of cancer mortality is not well studied, especially under modern treatment of CAD and in developing country.
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Proportion and number of incident cancer deaths in coronary artery disease.
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