Cardio-Oncology The Clinical Overlap of Cancer and Heart Disease

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 patien

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Cardio-Oncology The Clinical Overlap of Cancer and Heart Disease

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Cardio-Oncology

Gretchen G. Kimmick • Daniel J. Lenihan Douglas B. Sawyer • Erica L. Mayer Dawn L. Hershman Editors

Cardio-Oncology The Clinical Overlap of Cancer and Heart Disease

Editors Gretchen G. Kimmick, MD, MS Duke Cancer Institute Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC, USA

Daniel J. Lenihan, MD Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN, USA

Douglas B. Sawyer, MD Maine Medical Center Cardiovascular Institute Portland, ME, USA

Erica L. Mayer, MD, MPH Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA

Dawn L. Hershman, MD, MS Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY, USA

Additional material to this book can be downloaded from http://www.springerlink.com/ 978-3-319-43096-6 © 2016 Genevieve Kimmick, “Rhythm in Nature”, Watercolor on paper (photographed by Rodger D. Israel) ISBN 978-3-319-43094-2 ISBN 978-3-319-43096-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43096-6

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For the inspiration and support to write this truly collaborative book, we thank our families and loved ones, those for whom we have the honor of providing care, our colleagues/collaborators, mentors, and students. © 2016 Genevieve Kimmick, “Rhythm in Nature”, Watercolor on paper (photographed by Rodger D. Israel)

Preface

As we see the explosion of new treatment approaches for many diseases, medicine becomes more and more subspecialized, and subsequently there is increased fragmentation. As a result of this progressive partitioning of medical care, close c