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Heart-related side effects of cancer treatment must be addressed as early as possible, experts say

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

The devastating news of a cancer diagnosis understandably makes doctors and patients focus on the cancer itself.

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Long-term Survivors of Childhood Cancer at Higher Risk of Death Following Heart Issues; Threshold for Treating Risk Factors Should be Lower

DAIC

The findings – published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology — could fuel advocacy for a paradigm shift in clinical heart health guidelines to address cardiovascular risk factors at an earlier age in childhood cancer survivors. “We Wendy Bottinor, MD.

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Burden and prognostic impact of cardiovascular disease in patients with cancer

Heart BMJ

The number of patients at the intersection of cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is increasing, reflecting ageing global populations, rising burden of shared cardiometabolic risk factors, and improved cancer survival. Many cancer treatments carry a risk of cardiotoxicity.