Baseline cardiovascular comorbidities, and the influence on cancer treatment decision-making in women with breast cancer

CONCLUSION: While recent guidelines recommend routine assessment of cardiovascular comorbidities in cancer patients prior to initiation of anticancer therapies, this study highlights the prevailing gap in knowledge on how such data may be used to optimise cancer treatment decision-making.PMID:34824616 | PMC:PMC8580595 | DOI:10.3332/ecancer.2021.1293

Source: Ecancermedicalscience - November 26, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Shridevi Subramaniam Yek-Ching Kong Hafizah Zaharah Cuno S P M Uiterwaal Andrea Richard Nur Aishah Taib Azura Deniel Kok-Han Chee Ros Suzanna Bustamam Mee-Hoong See Alan Fong Cheng-Har Yip Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy Source Type: research