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Table 2 Survival of cancer patients by cancer type and existence of a pre-existing cardiovascular disease: Patients diagnosed 2011-2014, followed up to the end of 2019

From: Survival of cancer patients with pre-existing heart disease

Survival time/type

Pre-existing cardiovascular diseases

All cancer

(ex NMSC)

Colorectal

cancer

Lung

cancer

Female breast

cancer

Prostate

cancer

One-year observed survival (95% CI)

No

74.7%

(74.2%, 75.2%)

79.9%

(78.5%, 81.2%)

34.7%

(33.0%, 36.4%)

95.7%

(95.1%, 96.3%)

95.3%

(94.5%, 95.9%)

Yes

53.6%

(52.5%, 54.7%)

68.1%

(65.3%, 70.7%)

27.6%

(25.4%, 29.9%)

83.9%

(80.4%, 86.8%)

86.8%

(84.5%, 88.8%)

Five-year observed survival (95% CI)

No

54.6%

(54.0%, 55.2%)

56.1%

(54.4%, 57.7%)

11.4%

(10.3%, 12.5%)

80.5%

(79.3%, 81.6%)

77.1%

(75.6%, 78.5%)

Yes

28.2%

(27.2%, 29.2%)

37.7%

(34.9%, 40.5%)

6.4%

(5.3%, 7.8%)

48.7%

(44.3%, 53.0%)

56.5%

(53.3%, 59.6%)

One-year cancer specific survival (95% CI)

No

76.9%

(76.3%, 77.4%)

82.0%

(80.7%, 83.3%)

36.9%

(35.2%, 38.6%)

96.5%

(95.9%, 97.0%)

96.9%

(96.3%, 97.5%)

Yes

58.8%

(57.7%, 60.0%)

74.6%

(71.9%, 77.0%)

30.9%

(28.5%, 33.3%)

89.2%

(86.1%, 91.6%)

91.8%

(89.9%, 93.4%)

Five-year cancer specific survival (95% CI)

No

59.6%

(59.0%, 60.2%)

60.8%

(59.2%, 62.4%)

13.8%

(12.6%, 15.1%)

85.0%

(83.9%, 86.0%)

83.8%

(82.5%, 85.1%)

Yes

39.0%

(37.8%, 40.2%)

50.9%

(47.8%, 54.0%)

9.3%

(7.8%, 11.1%)

70.1%

(65.6%, 74.2%)

73.1%

(70.0%, 76.0%)

Proportion who died from cardiovascular diseases after five-years (95% CI)

No

1.7%

(1.5%, 1.9%)

1.8%

(1.4%, 2.5%)

3.4%

(2.2%, 5.1%)

1.1%

(0.8%, 1.5%)

1.9%

(1.4%, 2.4%)

Yes

10.0%

(9.0%, 11.0%)

9.7%

(7.7%, 12.2%)

9.8%

(6.8%, 14.2%)

10.8%

(8.0%, 14.4%)

8.0%

(6.2%, 10.2%

  1. CI Confidence interval
  2. Note: Observed survival uses deaths from any cause as the vital event, while cancer-specific survival uses deaths from cancer only, with patients who dies from other causes censored at the time of death