Anti-cancer immunotherapy-related cardiotoxicity: preventable and treatable

Anti-cancer immunotherapies, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors, have significantly advanced oncology treatments but are associated with rare, potentially severe cardiotoxicities. Despite their success, these therapies are associated with immune-related adverse events including rare but sever...

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Main Authors: Wu Helena T., Hsu Vanessa, Win Shwe, Xing Yan
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2025-01-01
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description Anti-cancer immunotherapies, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors, have significantly advanced oncology treatments but are associated with rare, potentially severe cardiotoxicities. Despite their success, these therapies are associated with immune-related adverse events including rare but severe immunotherapy-related cardiotoxicities. This review examines various immunotherapy types, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors, adoptive T-cell therapies, and cancer vaccines, highlighting their cardiovascular risks. Cardiotoxicities can lead to life-threatening complications, especially in high-risk patients. Early detection and prevention are crucial, with comprehensive cardiovascular assessments and routine biomarker monitoring playing a central role. With immunotherapies becoming more prevalent, this review calls for stronger evidence-based guidelines to manage and prevent these cardiovascular complications, ensuring that patients can benefit from life-saving immunotherapies without jeopardizing cardiovascular health.
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spelling doaj-art-e5e6474660834276ab38cbd1c52858fa2025-02-07T08:34:17ZengEDP SciencesVisualized Cancer Medicine2740-42182025-01-016110.1051/vcm/2025003vcm20240019Anti-cancer immunotherapy-related cardiotoxicity: preventable and treatableWu Helena T.0https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2193-1829Hsu Vanessa1Win Shwe2Xing Yan3City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer CenterCity of Hope Comprehensive Cancer CenterCity of Hope Comprehensive Cancer CenterCity of Hope Comprehensive Cancer CenterAnti-cancer immunotherapies, particularly immune checkpoint inhibitors, have significantly advanced oncology treatments but are associated with rare, potentially severe cardiotoxicities. Despite their success, these therapies are associated with immune-related adverse events including rare but severe immunotherapy-related cardiotoxicities. This review examines various immunotherapy types, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors, adoptive T-cell therapies, and cancer vaccines, highlighting their cardiovascular risks. Cardiotoxicities can lead to life-threatening complications, especially in high-risk patients. Early detection and prevention are crucial, with comprehensive cardiovascular assessments and routine biomarker monitoring playing a central role. With immunotherapies becoming more prevalent, this review calls for stronger evidence-based guidelines to manage and prevent these cardiovascular complications, ensuring that patients can benefit from life-saving immunotherapies without jeopardizing cardiovascular health.https://vcm.edpsciences.org/articles/vcm/full_html/2025/01/vcm20240019/vcm20240019.htmlimmunotherapycardiotoxicityimmune checkpoint inhibitorscancer immunotherapymelanoma
spellingShingle Wu Helena T.
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Visualized Cancer Medicine
immunotherapy
cardiotoxicity
immune checkpoint inhibitors
cancer immunotherapy
melanoma
title Anti-cancer immunotherapy-related cardiotoxicity: preventable and treatable
title_full Anti-cancer immunotherapy-related cardiotoxicity: preventable and treatable
title_fullStr Anti-cancer immunotherapy-related cardiotoxicity: preventable and treatable
title_full_unstemmed Anti-cancer immunotherapy-related cardiotoxicity: preventable and treatable
title_short Anti-cancer immunotherapy-related cardiotoxicity: preventable and treatable
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topic immunotherapy
cardiotoxicity
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cancer immunotherapy
melanoma
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