Cardiac rehab recommended for cancer patients
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Oncologists and cardiologists should consider providing cardio-oncology rehabilitation as patients move through their cancer treatment, the American Heart Association (AHA) urges in a new scientific statement.
As cancer survival rates have improved, patients now face a two- to three-fold increased risk for heart disease and two- to 18-fold more risk of hypertension and diabetes compared to their peers who have not had cancer, according to the statement published in Circulation.