Building a cardio-oncology program in a small- to medium-sized, nonprimary cancer center, academic hospital in the USA: Challenges and pitfalls

Future Cardiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 413-420

  Okwuosa, Tochi M ^a   Akhter, Nausheen ^b   Williams, Kim A ^a   DeCara, Jeanne M ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardio oncology; Cardiology; Chemotherapy; Clinic; Epidemiology; Oncocardiology; Patient; Program; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIO ONCOLOGY PROGRAM; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CORONARY CARE UNIT; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84939447627     PISSN: 14796678     EISSN: 17448298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/FCA.15.43     Document Type: Note

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