European Society of Cardiology Core Curriculum for Cardio-Oncology.

López-Fernández, Teresa; Farmakis, Dimitrios; Ameri, Pietro; Asteggiano, Riccardo; de Azambuja, Evandro; Aznar, Marianne; Barac, Ana; Bayes-Genis, Antoni; Bax, Jeroen J; Bergler-Klein, Jutta; Boriani, Giuseppe; Celutkiene, Jelena; Coats, Andrew; Cohen-Solal, Alain; Córdoba, Raúl; Cosyns, Bernard; Filippatos, Gerasimos; Fox, Kevin; Gulati, Geeta; Inciardi, Riccardo M; Lee, Geraldine; Mamas, Mamas A; Novo, Giuseppina; Plummer, Chris; Psyrri, Amanda; Rakisheva, Amina; Suter, Thomas; Tini, Giacomo; Tocchetti, Carlo Gabriele; Toutouzas, Konstantinos; Wilhelm, Matthias; Metra, Marco; Lyon, Alexander R; Rosano, Giuseppe M C

Abstract

Cardio-oncology is a rapidly growing field of cardiovascular (CV) medicine that has resulted from the continuously increasing clinical demand for specialized CV evaluation, prevention and management of patients suffering or surviving from malignant diseases. Dealing with CV disease in patients with cancer requires special knowledge beyond that included in the general core curriculum for cardiology. Therefore, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has developed a special core curriculum for cardio-oncology, a consensus document that defines the level of experience and knowledge required for cardiologists in this particular field. It is structured into 8 chapters, including (i) principles of cancer biology and therapy; (ii) forms and definitions of cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity (CTR-CVT); (iii) risk stratification, prevention and monitoring protocols for CTR-CVT; (iv) diagnosis and management of CV disease in patients with cancer; (v) long-term survivorship programmes and cardio-oncology rehabilitation; (vi) multidisciplinary team management of special populations; (vii) organization of cardio-oncology services; (viii) research in cardio-oncology. The core curriculum aims at promoting standardization and harmonization of training and evaluation in cardio-oncology, while it further provides the ground for an ESC certification programme designed to recognize the competencies of certified specialists.

Citation

López-Fernández, T., Farmakis, D., Ameri, P., Asteggiano, R., de Azambuja, E., Aznar, M., …Rosano, G. M. C. (in press). European Society of Cardiology Core Curriculum for Cardio-Oncology. European Journal of Heart Failure, 10.1002/ejhf.3102. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3102

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 1, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Dec 7, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jan 8, 2024
• Journal: European journal of heart failure
• Print ISSN: 1388-9842
• Electronic ISSN: 1879-0844
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 10.1002/ejhf.3102
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3102
• Keywords: cancer, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, cardio-oncology, cardiotoxicity, immunotherapy, targeted therapies, anticancer therapy, hormonal therapy
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