Key result
A lack of cardio-oncology training for noncardiologists limits patient care; early exposure and cross-disciplinary programs are proposed to address this gap.
Design
Editorial
Highlights the need for structured cardio-oncology training programs for noncardiologists to improve cardiovascular care in cancer patients.
Cardio-oncology remains a speciality dominated by cardiologists despite the importance of doctors from other specialties, such as oncology and haematology, for managing the cardiovascular health of patients living with cancer. A major reason for this is a distinct lack of cardio-oncology training opportunities for the noncardiology trainee. This is because of several factors, including a lack of awareness of cardio-oncology as a specialty. We propose a cardio-oncology training programme that involves early exposure to cardio-oncology as a specialty and provides the noncardiologist with a good understanding of cardiological investigations and treatment in the context of cancer treatment. Future work should elucidate additional barriers to cardio-oncology training as well as identifying programmes that have integrated cross-disciplinary cardio-oncology content to inform future curriculum development. Future work should also focus on establishing pilot cardio-oncology training programmes for the noncardiologist.
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Simela et al. (2025) studied this question. A lack of cardio-oncology training for noncardiologists limits patient care; early exposure and cross-disciplinary programs are proposed to address this gap.
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