Heart Failure and Long-Term Survival Among Older Women With Breast Cancer

The co-occurrence of cancer and cardiovascular disease is a major public health issue that will become more prevalent as the population of older adults in the United States rapidly increases during the next several decades (Hung, Ross, Boockvar, & Siu, 2011, 2012; Smith, Smith, Hurria, Hortobagyi, & Buchholz, 2009). Women with breast cancer aged 65 years or older experience disproportionately high rates of heart...