Last Updated on January 2, 2020
When fighting cancer, people might go under aggressive treatments, like radiation to the chest, and this will often increase the risk of coronary artery disease, which basically consists of a cholesterol buildup in the walls of the arteries responsible for supplying blood to the heart.
So, there is a whole link between heart disease and cancer, the two leading causes of death worldwide. Play it safe and try to talk to insurance companies in order to be prepared.