New article by Adrienzen-Herrera, et al.

Geographic disparities in cardiovascular mortality among patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: A population-based analysis. 

Diego Adrianzen-Herrera, Andrew D.Sparks, Aditi Shastri, Neil A.Zakai, Benjamin Littenberg

Cancer Epidemiology 2022: 80:102238

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2022.102238

Highlights

• Rural MDS patients had 12% increased risk of cardiovascular mortality compared to urban patients.

• Demographic factors and MDS risk did not explain the rural/urban difference in cardiovascular death.

• The rural to urban disparity in cardiovascular death was larger in MDS patients younger than 65.