In this Healthed lecture, Dr Cehic, Cardiologist; Chief Medical Officer, Cardiology, GenesisCare, will talk about how oncology patients and their treating specialist tend to focus on overcoming the relevant cancer, understandably. But, as survival rates improve, attention must be paid to the cardiac health of these patients. Cancer survivors are at increased risk of cardiac disease compared with the rest of the population and to make a difference, GPs need to take a pro-active  approach to the prevention, early detection and treatment of CVD in patients being treated for cancer as this presentation will explain.

<p>In this Healthed lecture, Dr Cehic, Cardiologist; Chief Medical Officer, Cardiology, GenesisCare, will talk about how oncology patients and their treating specialist tend to focus on overcoming the relevant cancer, understandably. But, as survival rates improve, attention must be paid to the cardiac health of these patients. Cancer survivors are at increased risk of cardiac disease compared with the rest of the population and to make a difference, GPs need to take a pro-active &nbsp;approach to the prevention, early detection and treatment of CVD in patients being treated for cancer as this presentation will explain.</p>

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