Inequity in Cardio-Oncology: Identifying Disparities in Cardiotoxicity and Links to Cardiac and Cancer Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Minority and underresourced communities experience disproportionately high rates of fatal cancer and cardiovascular disease. The intersection of these disparities within the multidisciplinary field of cardio-oncology is in critical need of examination, given the risk of perpetuating health inequities in the growing vulnerable population of patients with cancer and cardiovascular disease. This review identifies 13 cohort studies and 2 meta-analyses investigating disparate outcomes in treatment-associated cardiotoxicity and situates these data within the context of oncologic disparities, preexisting cardiovascular disparities, and potential system-level inequities. Black survivors of breast cancer have elevated risks of cardiotoxicity morbidity and mortality compared with White counterparts.

SUBMITTER: Ohman RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9075267 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature