Lessons learnt in the first year of an Australian pediatric cardio oncology clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Modern oncological therapies together with chemotherapy and radiotherapy have broadened the agents that can cause cardiac sequelae, which can manifest for pediatric oncology patients while on active treatment. Recommendations for high-risk patients who should be monitored in a pediatric cardio-oncology clinic have previously been developed by expert Delphi consensus by our group. In 2022 we opened our first multidisciplinary pediatric cardio-oncology clinic adhering to these recommendations in surveillance and management.

Objectives

Our pediatric cardio-oncology clinic aimed to: (i) Document cardiovascular toxicities observed within a pediatric cardio-oncology clinic and. (ii) Evaluate the applicability of the Australian and New Zealand Pediatric Cardio-Oncology r

SUBMITTER: Toro C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10702043 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature