The University of Michigan has announced the launch the state's first cardio-oncology clinic, focused on preventing or reducing heart damage caused by chemotherapy and radiation.
The clinic, a collaboration between the Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular and the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Ann Arbor, Mich., will address the heart damage estimated to affect one-third of cancer patients, according to the news release.
University of Michigan cardiologist Elina Yamada, MD, said the goal of the new clinic is to "eliminate cardiovascular complications as a barrier to effective treatment of cancer patients, by providing prevention and early detection of cardiac complications, cardiovascular monitoring during anticancer therapy, and therapy of cardiovascular disease that develops during chemotherapy," according to the release.
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The clinic, a collaboration between the Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular and the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Ann Arbor, Mich., will address the heart damage estimated to affect one-third of cancer patients, according to the news release.
University of Michigan cardiologist Elina Yamada, MD, said the goal of the new clinic is to "eliminate cardiovascular complications as a barrier to effective treatment of cancer patients, by providing prevention and early detection of cardiac complications, cardiovascular monitoring during anticancer therapy, and therapy of cardiovascular disease that develops during chemotherapy," according to the release.
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