Aaron Sverdlov, Member Board of Directors at International Cardio-Oncology Society, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“New Publication Alert
Pleased to share our invited review in Cardiac Failure Review on “Integrated Cardio-Oncology Service“.
This paper brings together many years of thinking and practical experience around how cardiooncology services can be built, integrated and sustained.
Much of this paper comes from the way we have tried to approach cardio-oncology in Newcastle over the last 9 years. We built it as part of cancer care itself, recognising cardiovascular risk early, managing problems before they become major barriers, helping patients stay on the cancer treatment they need where possible, and supporting them beyond treatment into survivorship.
Our key messages:
- Cardio-oncology works best when it is embedded into cancer care.
- Integrated services need clear pathways: baseline cardiovascular risk assessment, risk-based surveillance, rapid escalation, multidisciplinary decision-making and survivorship follow-up.
- Nurses, pharmacists, imaging specialists, allied health clinicians and primary care are not peripheral to cardio-oncology; they are essential to making these services practical, scalable and patient-centred.
- Linking clinical care with registries, biobanking, translational research and clinical trials can help move the field from expert opinion toward stronger evidence and better implementation.
- Integrated cardio-oncology models need to work not only in large tertiary centres, but also for regional, rural and underserved communities.
We also share aspects of the Newcastle model, where clinical cardio-oncology care is closely linked with translational research, registries, biobanking, education and community engagement.
Grateful to Lloyd Butel-Simoes, Joshua D. Bennetts, Amanda Croft, Trent Williams, Wojt Janowski, Jarad Martin, James Lynam, Doan Ngo for their work on this paper. Many thanks to the broader team, all the staff at Calvary Mater Newcastle and Hunter New England Local Health District for the goodwill in helping build the service behind it.
Our thanks also to all our patients and their families who continue to remind us why this work matters, and what integrated cardio-oncology care needs to achieve in real life.”
Title: Integrated Cardio-oncology Service
Authors: Lloyd E Butel-Simoes, Joshua Bennetts, Amanda Croft, Trent D Williams, Wojt Janowski, Jarad Martin, James Lynam, Doan TM Ngo, Aaron L Sverdlov
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