Preparing the Cardiovascular Workforce to Care for Oncology Patients: JACC Review Topic of the Week

Highlights •Cardio-oncology has emerged as a discipline and subspecialty in response to the rapidly growing number of patients with cancer at risk of, or with comorbid cardiovascular disease. •Specialists in cardio-oncology are involved in all aspects of the care of cancer patients: from informing pre-treatment risk and regimen selection, addressing the complex cardiovascular adverse effects of cancer therapy, and mitigating the heightened long-term risks of cardiovascular disease in survivorship. •Centers offering cardio-oncology services have doubled in number since 2014, and close to one-half of cardiovascular training programs incorporate cardio-oncology topics in their core curriculum. •The future of the discipline is dependent on the collaboration with oncology and defining competencies around which an effective training structure for providers can be built.