[Dawning of Onco-Cardiology]

Recent progress in cancer therapy has decreased all-cancer mortality, but cardiovascular adverse events owing to chemotherapy and radiotherapy have greater impact on clinical outcome and quality of life in cancer patients and survivors. There are a wide variety of cardiovascular adverse events related to cancer therapy, and the opportunities requiring specialized care by cardiovascular experts are increasing in clinical practice. Under such circumstances, onco-cardiology is becoming very important as a new discipline and attracting much attention in Japan. The Japanese Onco-Cardiology Society was established in 2017, and continues integration of academic activities to solve challenging problems in this field. Interdisciplinary collaborations between cardiologists and oncologists will be further progressed in medical care, clinical and basic research, and education.