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Cancer Treatment Induced Heart Disease
Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Sep 1, 2022 | Replies (54)Comment receiving replies
Hi @inali @martijwis and @sakota, I'm just catching up with this discussion now.
Marti, you're right that heart disease related to cancer treatments should be discussed with cancer patients. Mayo cardiologists published this paper on the topic back in 2014
- Evaluation and Management of Patients With Heart Disease and Cancer: Cardio-Oncology https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(14)00475-3/pdf
Thank you for your permission to share your comments with Mayo experts.
Joan, I agree with Inali. Please raise the topic of cancer treatment and its affects on your heart, especially if you already had heart disease before cancer. Before my father had cancer treatments, they conducted specific heart tests to better understand the condition of his heart, the possible impact of treatment and how to effectively avoid potential issues. His heart was monitored during treatment too. Did you have tests done before treatment that you're aware of?
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Thank you colleen and inali for answering my question....... I had a thorough heart check up when I went to mayo the first time and they found the lung cancer. I've been trying to stay upbeat about all this but it is slowly dragging me down..... Have my ct scan in april and am concerned about that....... my copd is getting worse and now I am learning about the heart problems with radiation. whats going to be next. I know a lot of you are worse off than I......... how do you do it, how do you keep a positive attitude. I try to keep busy. but its getting hard.
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Thank you for the link, Colleen, to the Mayo article re: heart disease and cancer from 2014. Also, I appreciate your willingness to possibly share my comments w/ Mayo experts especially in regard to Coronary Calcium Scan for early detection of heart disease of us cancer patients who are at high risk due to radiation treatment. I am becoming more aware now of Mayo's expertise in acknowledging and treating RIHD. We'll see how things go with the treatment I'm getting now in my area. If I need better options/procedures in the future, I'll seriously consider coming to Mayo.