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Springer CardioOncology The Clinical Overlap of Cancer and Heart Disease 1st Editon 2018 Softbound by Gretchen G. Kimmick, Daniel J. Lenihan, Douglas B. Sawyer, Erica L. Mayer, Dawn L. Hershman
Co-edited and written by an interdisciplinary team of experts in oncology and cardiology, this book is a clinically useful resource on these overlapping topics: • Cardiac complications in patients receiving cancer therapy • The treatment of cancer in patients with cardiovascular disease • The treatment of cardiovascular disease in patients with cancer When relevant to medical practice, epidemiology and basic science are also included in the discussion and each chapter is written by an oncologist and a cardiologist. Additionally, the chapters follow a similar format to make the book truly interdisciplinary, user-friendly, and clinically applicable to specialists and non-specialists who care for patients with both cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Cardio-Oncology.- Chapter 2 Cardiotoxicity of Anticancer Therapies.- Chapter 3 Screening and Monitoring for Cardiotoxicity during Cancer Treatment.- Chapter 4 Management of Chemotherapy-Associated Cardiomyopathy.- Chapter 5 Treatment of hypertension in patients receiving cancer therapy.- Chapter 6 Pre-operative and pre-transplant cardiac evaluation in the cancer patient.- Chapter 7 Radiation Therapy and Cardiotoxicity.- Chapter 8 Management of patients with coronary disease and cancer: Interactions between cancer, cancer treatment and ischemia.- Chapter 9 Vascular Complications of Cancer and Cancer Therapy.- Chapter 10 Breast Cancer Cardio-Oncology.- Chapter 11 Cardiac Toxic Chemotherapy and Cancer Survivorship.- Chapter 12 Geriatric Cardio-Oncology.- Chapter 13 Future Clinical and Professional Directions in Cardio-Oncology.