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Summarize key clinical aspects of oncocardiology and emphasize the urgent necessity of expanding the field to manage cancer therapy-induced cardiotoxicities.

November 21, 2016Postgraduate Medical Journal

The emergence of a new specialty of oncocardiology

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Summarize key clinical aspects of oncocardiology and emphasize the urgent necessity of expanding the field to manage cancer therapy-induced cardiotoxicities.
Narrative synthesis of oncology epidemiology and cancer therapy-associated cardiovascular adverse effects.
Anthracyclines and targeted agents like trastuzumab induce myocardial injury, cardiomyopathy, and reductions in left ventricular ejection fraction, necessitating routine cardiac surveillance.
Additional therapeutics—including tyrosine kinase inhibitors, platinum compounds, 5-fluorouracil, VEGF inhibitors, and radiation therapy—provoke severe hypertension, coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, and myocyte fibrosis.

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The editorial highlights the growing necessity of oncocardiology to manage the cardiovascular toxicities associated with various cancer therapies in an expanding population of cancer survivors.

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Bhatt et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d48299947580f698b26ca https://doi.org/10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134440

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Cardio-oncology

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The editorial highlights the growing necessity of oncocardiology to manage the cardiovascular toxicities associated with various cancer therapies in an expanding population of cancer survivors.

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