Cancer related

What is new?

Certain cancers increase CVD risk, partly beyond traditional risk factors. Earlier guidelines gave no advice on lipid lowering in survivors, but new evidence now allows updated recommendations.

Recommendations for statin therapy in patients recieving cancer therapy

Recommendations	Class^a	Level^b
Statins should be considered in adult patients at high or very high risk of developing chemotherapy-related cardiovascular toxicityc to reduce the risk of anthracycline-induced cardiac dysfunction.9^,131–133	IIa	B

^a Class of recommendation.
^bLevel of evidence.
^cBaseline cardiovascular toxicity risk stratification discussed in detail in the 2022 ESC Guidelines on
Cardio-oncology.¹³⁴