Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Sep 2023)

Cancer survivorship at heart: a multidisciplinary cardio-oncology roadmap for healthcare professionals

  • Irma Bisceglia,
  • Maria Laura Canale,
  • Nicola Silvestris,
  • Giuseppina Gallucci,
  • Andrea Camerini,
  • Alessandro Inno,
  • Massimiliano Camilli,
  • Fabio Maria Turazza,
  • Giulia Russo,
  • Andrea Paccone,
  • Raffaella Mistrulli,
  • Leonardo De Luca,
  • Stefania Angela Di Fusco,
  • Luigi Tarantini,
  • Fabiana Lucà,
  • Stefano Oliva,
  • Antonella Moreo,
  • Nicola Maurea,
  • Vincenzo Quagliariello,
  • Giuseppina Rosaria Ricciardi,
  • Chiara Lestuzzi,
  • Damiana Fiscella,
  • Iris Parrini,
  • Vito Racanelli,
  • Antonio Russo,
  • Lorena Incorvaia,
  • Fabio Calabrò,
  • Giuseppe Curigliano,
  • Saverio Cinieri,
  • Michele Massimo Gulizia,
  • Domenico Gabrielli,
  • Domenico Gabrielli,
  • Fabrizio Oliva,
  • Furio Colivicchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1223660
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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In cancer, a patient is considered a survivor from the time of initial diagnosis until the end of life. With improvements in early diagnosis and treatment, the number of cancer survivors (CS) has grown considerably and includes: (1) Patients cured and free from cancer who may be at risk of late-onset cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity (CTR-CVT); (2) Patients with long-term control of not-curable cancers in whom CTR-CVT may need to be addressed. This paper highlights the importance of the cancer care continuum, of a patient-centered approach and of a prevention-oriented policy. The ultimate goal is a personalized care of CS, achievable only through a multidisciplinary-guided survivorship care plan, one that replaces the fragmented management of current healthcare systems. Collaboration between oncologists and cardiologists is the pillar of a framework in which primary care providers and other specialists must be engaged and in which familial, social and environmental factors are also taken into account.

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