Key result
Cancer and its treatments accelerate CVD development, highlighting the need for routine screening.
Why the study?
Cardiovascular disease is a long-term complication of cancer and anti-cancer therapy with significant impacts on quality of life and mortality, yet cardiovascular screening and management are not typically part of routine long-term survivorship care.
Cancer and its treatments accelerate cardiovascular disease development, underscoring the importance of integrating cardio-oncology screening and prevention into long-term survivorship care.
May warrant cardio-oncology screening in survivors; leaves optimal management strategies open for prospective trials.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Cardiovascular disease is long-term complication of both cancer and anti-cancer treatment and can have significant ramifications for health-related quality of life and mortality. This narrative review explores the current evidence linking cardiovascular disease and cancer, as well as exploring strategies for the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease, and outlines future opportunities in the field of cardio-oncology. RECENT FINDINGS: Cancer confers risk for various cardiovascular diseases including heart failure, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, stroke, venous thromboembolism, and valvular heart disease. Cancer treatment, in particular agents such as platinum-based chemotherapy, anthracyclines, hormonal treatments, and thoracic radiotherapy, further increases risk. While cardiovascular disease can be identified early and effectively managed in cancer survivors, cardiovascular screening and management does not typically feature in routine long-term cancer care of adult cancer survivors. Cancer and cancer treatment can accelerate the development of cardiovascular disease. Further research into screening and management strategies for cardiovascular disease, along with evidence-based guidelines, is required to ensure adult cancer survivors receive appropriate long-term care.
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Muhandiramge et al. (2022) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease in adult cancer survivors. Cancer and its treatments, including platinum-based chemotherapy and anthracyclines, accelerate the development of cardiovascular disease, highlighting the need for routine screening and management.
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