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Ekaterini Lambrinou1, Julia Decourcey2, Loreena Hill3
1Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus. ekaterini.lambrinou@cut.ac.cy.
Purpose Of Review:
The current review describes the role of the cardio-oncology nurse and the need for personalized heart failure care for the patient with cancer.
Recent Findings:
It is a new role whereby cardiology or heart failure nurses care for patients with cancer who develop cardiotoxicity or cardiovascular diseases, either during the cancer therapy or in a later stage. Inter-disciplinary approach is important for individualized early treatment, shortened interruptions to cancer therapy, and irreversible cardiovascular injury prevention. Nurses have a key role in early evaluation and quality control of the care provided. This is a quite new clinical area and not much evidence exists for the development of clinical guidelines and pathways to support clinicians. More trials are needed for the development of clinical recommendations.
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