Cardiovascular Disease in Bladder Cancer Survivors

How can you reduce cardiovascular disease in bladder cancer survivors? By living a heart-healthy lifestyle through nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle therapies.

There is growing research showing that bladder cancer survivors experience higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than people without a cancer history.

The research below indicates that bladder cancer survivors — like other cancer survivors — have a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease than people without a cancer history. This increased risk persists long after cancer treatment and involves multiple cardiovascular outcomes, including CHD, stroke, and heart failure.

Shared risk factors, treatment-related cardiotoxicity, and cancer-related biological changes all appear to play roles. These findings underscore the importance of integrated survivorship care that addresses heart health alongside cancer monitoring.

I have posted the video below because it explains the problem of cardiovascular disease in bladder cancer survivors, and it explains what to do about it. 

I am a long-term cancer survivor of an incurable blood cancer called multiple myeloma. I was diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy in late 2015, fully 15 years after my oncologist prescribed cardiotoxic chemotherapy to me.

The cardio-oncologist prescribed a common heart medication called metoprolol. I think bladder cancer survivors may benefit from conventional heart therapies. My purpose in writing this blog is not to condemn conventional heart therapy but rather to promote heart-healthy nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle.

However, I reacted to the medication and discontinued taking it. I researched evidence-based, heart-healthy therapies that I could pursue on my own, such as exercise, CoQ10, curcumin, omega-3 fatty acids, etc.

Annual echocardiograms over the years have indicated the other heart damage issues below.

• Chemotherapy-induced Cardiomyopathy-
• Chemotherapy-induce Atrial Fibrillation (Afib)-
• Chemotherapy-induced Hypertension-
• Chemotherapy-induced Heart Valve Damage- 

I was able to lower my blood pressure, increase my ejection fraction, and stabilize my heart health. I have been able to live without conventional heart medication since 2015.

Again, conventional cardiology should be a part of your long-term survivor plan. I am just saying that evidence-based non-conventional heart health should be included too.

Scroll down the page, post a question or a comment if you’d like to learn more about non-conventional heart health therapies.

Good luck,