Practical Cardio-Oncology

This book takes a holistic view of the treatment of cardio-oncology patients, from evaluating those at high risk of developing cardio-toxicity, guidance for monitoring and managing patients during therapy to cardiac care of cancer survivors. Throughout, this book utilizes the latest research and guidance to offer advice on treatment strategy as well as practical elements of such as training, cardio-oncology nursing, patient education and how to establish a cardio-oncology unit. This book focuses on the practical knowledge and skills key to successful collaboration between cardiologists and oncologists to achieve the optimum cardiac care for cancer patients.

Key Features

• Focuses on the practical elements of cardio-oncology care





• Outlines the importance and process of setting up a cardio-oncology unit and cardio-oncology fellowships





• Provides advice and guidance on the set up and common pit falls of coordinating care for cardio-oncology patients





• Outlines current guidelines and potential future directions for the field of cardio-oncology

INTRODUCTION. Cardio-oncology: How a new discipline arrived. CLINICAL ASPECTS OF CARDIO-ONCOLOGY. Current imaging strategies in cardio-oncology. Approach to risk stratification in cardio-oncology. Radiotherapy in cancer patients. Overview of changes in cancer treatment strategies. Overview of current guidelines. Prevention strategies in cardio-oncology. Cancer survivorship and cardiovascular disease. Survivorship: Pediatric cancer survivors. Cardio-oncology case studies. THE CARDIO-ONCOLOGY CLINIC. Establishing a cardio-oncology clinic. Cardio-oncology training. Cardio-oncology nursing. Treating the cardio-oncology patient. THE FUTURE OF CARDIO-ONCOLOGY. Future directions in cardio-oncology research. Cardio-oncology: Future directions in clinical care and education

Dr. Dent is a medical oncologist and Professor of Medicine, at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A. She is Associate Director of Breast Cancer Clinical research, and Co-Director of the Cardio-Oncology program at Duke University.

Dr. Dent attended McMaster medical school in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and completed her residency training in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology at the Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. She subsequently completed a post-graduate research fellowship in clinical trials at the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) in Kingston, Ontario, and in 1996 was appointed as a staff medical oncologist at the Northwestern Ontario Cancer Center in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

In 2001, Dr. Dent returned to The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center, where she specialized in breast cancer oncology. Dr. Dent held several leadership positions, in Ottawa including, Director of Clinical Trials, Vice Chair of Patient Quality and Safety in the Department of Medicine and Co-Chair of the Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board (OCREB).

In 2008, Dr. Dent, working with her cardiology colleagues, established a multidisciplinary cardio-oncology clinic in Ottawa– the first of its kind in Canada. Subsequently, she founded the Canadian Cardiac Oncology Network (CCON) in 2011, a not-for-profit organization devoted to optimization of cancer care for patients without compromising cardiovascular health. Yearly CCON meetings in Ottawa helped facilitate the establishment of cardio-oncology clinics across Canada, as did the launch of a website (www.cardiaconcology.ca). In 2015, she launched the Global Cardio-Oncology Summit (GCOS), an annual meeting which now attracts oncologists, cardiologists, and allied health care providers from around the world.

Dr. Dent is recognized as a global leader in cardio-oncology. She has travelled extensively around the world (China, India, Europe, North and South America),