Newsday | Heart Failure Patients May Be at Higher Risk for Cancer: Study Newsday Moreover, cancer appeared to increase the risk of death in heart failure patients by 46 percent, according to lead researcher Dr. Tal Hasin, with the cardiology department at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Heart failure occurs when the heart can't ... AHA: Increased Cancer Risk for Patients With Heart Failure Likelihood of cancer diagnosis jumps after recognition of heart failure |