'Broken heart' syndrome linked to cancer

In fact, people who experience “broken heart syndrome” are less likely to survive five years after being diagnosed with cancer, according to HealthDay.

According to the American Heart Association, “broken heart syndrome” (also known as Takotsubo syndrome) causes sudden severe chest pain, shortness of breath, fainting, even cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest and is easily confused with myocardial infarction. The syndrome can occur to a person when they experience psychological trauma, experience a traumatic event, with intense emotions, such as the loss of a loved one, breakup or divorce, financial events, etc.

The study involved more than 1,600 people with Takotsubo syndrome, at 26 medical centers in nine different countries (including eight European countries and the United States). The incidence of cancer in people with this syndrome was much higher than the average incidence of cancer, in both men and women and in all age groups.

For example, in women aged 44 and under, the average cancer rate is 0.4%, but in people with Takotsubo syndrome, the rate is up to 8%. In men aged 45 - 64, the average cancer rate is 2%, but in people with Takotsubo syndrome, the rate is 22%.

The most common type of cancer is breast cancer. Other cancers affected include digestive, respiratory, internal genital, and skin cancers.

Conversely, research also found that people with cancer are at higher risk of developing “broken heart syndrome.”

“There appears to be a strong interaction between Takotsubo syndrome and melanoma,” said study author Dr. Christian Templin, of the University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland. However, the study does not prove that one causes the other.

The author believes that it is important that the study recommends that the medical community be aware of the link between “broken heart syndrome” and cancer, and that patients with this syndrome should participate in cancer screening and vice versa to improve survival.

The findings were published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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