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Eating a healthy diet is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease and death among cancer survivors, according to a study published today in JACC: Advances.

Heart disease is the leading cause of noncancer death among cancer survivors, and these findings underscore the importance of diet for cardiovascular health and healthy longevity.

As cancer detection and treatment improve, more people are living with a history of cancer and facing a significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including those who have not received chemotherapy or radiation. Diet has an important role in preventing or delaying chronic disease and mortality; however, how healthy dietary patterns affect CVD risk among cancer survivors is not well understood.

"Given the adverse impact of CVD on patients' survival and quality of life among cancer survivors, identifying prognostic factors is an urgent need to pinpoint high-risk subgroups and guide targeted clinical management within cardio-oncology care," said Yang-Xin Chen, senior author of the study and clinician in the Department of Cardiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China.

In this study, researchers looked at the association between common healthy dietary patterns and CVD among cancer survivors to determine which dietary pattern was more predictive of CVD and life expectancy. Data from more than 8,700 cancer survivors in the UK Biobank cohort who did not have CVD initially were analyzed, and after about 12 years of follow-up, 1,116 had experienced a CVD event.

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