When cancer treatment affects the heart: The growing field of cardio-oncology strives to help people with cancer protect their cardiovascular health.

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- Subject Terms:
  Heart failure risk factors; Heart disease risk factors; Cardio-oncology; Colon tumors; Immune checkpoint inhibitors; Cancer chemotherapy; Cardiomyopathies; Exercise; Tumors; Breast tumors; Disease risk factors
- Abstract:
  The article cautions people with cancer about the effects of treatment on cardiovascular health. Topics discussed are link of chemotherapy drugs like anthracyclines to heart damage, association of Bevacizumab (Avastin) to high blood pressure, and eligibility of people with cancer for immune checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab and nivolumab. Advice is offered for cancer patients with risk factors for heart disease including the use of statins, blood pressure drugs and exercise.