Key result
ACS in cancer patients demands multidisciplinary care and careful risk-benefit weighing for invasive treatments.
Why the study?
ACS presentation, management, and outcomes may differ in cancer patients, who were frequently excluded from clinical trials resulting in a paucity of data.
How should acute coronary syndromes be managed in patients with concurrent cancer?
How should acute coronary syndromes be managed in patients with concurrent cancer?
This review highlights the unique clinical challenges and the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach when managing acute coronary syndromes in patients with cancer.
Multidisciplinary ACS management warranted in cancer patients; leaves open optimal invasive strategies pending dedicated trials.
: Cardiovascular disease and cancer are responsible for the majority of deaths in the Western world. These two entities share common risk factors and their intersection will be more and more frequent in future due to general population aging and long-term cancer control. Clinical presentation, management and outcome of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in cancer patients could differ from noncancer ones. Cancer patients were frequently excluded from clinical trials and so the paucity of data further complicates the scenario. The management of ACS in cancer patients represents a unique setting in which the risk/benefit ratio of invasive treatment should be carefully evaluated. This review focused on the available evidence of all aspects of ACS in cancer patients providing a guide to a multidisciplinary approach.
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Bisceglia et al. (2020) conducted a review in Acute coronary syndromes in cancer patients. Management of acute coronary syndromes was evaluated. Management of acute coronary syndromes in cancer patients requires a multidisciplinary approach and careful evaluation of the risk-benefit ratio for invasive treatments due to a paucity of trial data.
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