He said there were important clinicalimplications, as the benefit of the treatment was conferred to the group of patients with the highest risks for cardiovascular events, and the effect persisted, even at a rather late stage of disease.
She added that if there is a true increase in the proportion of these tumours it has implications for treatment decisions as many clinical trials were carried out in previous decades.
For patients, clinicians and hospitals that have massive amounts of clinical content in electronic health records (EHRs) that remains unused, the implications can be rising mortality rates and out-of-control medical costs.