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AlaskaAngel · 04-06-2012, 06:15 PM

If a cancer patient who was treated in the past with chemo that caused heart problems then dies of cardiac failure, since the cardiac failure was the "immediate cause of death", is it reported as a cancer-related death, or only as cardiac-related?

If they are receiving palliative care as the cancer progresses, but die of cardiac failure as the "immediate cause of death", are they reported as dying of cancer, or as having died of cardiac failure?

A.A.

04-06-2012, 06:15 PM	#3
AlaskaAngel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 2,018	Re: Mortality In Nearly Half Of Cancer Survivors Due To Conditions Other Than Cancer If a cancer patient who was treated in the past with chemo that caused heart problems then dies of cardiac failure, since the cardiac failure was the "immediate cause of death", is it reported as a cancer-related death, or only as cardiac-related? If they are receiving palliative care as the cancer progresses, but die of cardiac failure as the "immediate cause of death", are they reported as dying of cancer, or as having died of cardiac failure? A.A. __________________ Dx 2002 age 51 bc for granny, aunt, cousin, sister, mother. ER+/PR+/HER2+++, grade 3 IDC 1.9 cm, some DCIS, Stage 1, Grade 3 Lumpectomy, CAFx6 (no blood boosters), IMRT rads, 1 3/4 yr tamoxifen Rads necrosis BRCA 1 & 2 negative Trials: Early detection OVCA; 2004 low-dose testosterone for bc survivors Diet: Primarily vegetarian organic; metformin (no diabetes), vitamin D3 Exercise: 7 days a week, 1 hr/day No trastuzumab, no taxane, no AI NED