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  • - Cardiovascular disease and cancer are leading causes of death in the Western world, with their overlap expected to increase as the population ages and cancer treatments improve.
  • - Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in cancer patients may have different clinical presentations, management strategies, and outcomes compared to non-cancer patients, largely due to limited data from clinical trials involving these patients.
  • - This review highlights the importance of evaluating the risk/benefit ratio of invasive treatments for ACS in cancer patients and advocates for a multidisciplinary approach to manage this unique patient population effectively.

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: Cardiovascular disease and cancer are responsible for the majority of deaths in the Western world. These two entities share common risk factors and their intersection will be more and more frequent in future due to general population aging and long-term cancer control. Clinical presentation, management and outcome of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in cancer patients could differ from noncancer ones. Cancer patients were frequently excluded from clinical trials and so the paucity of data further complicates the scenario. The management of ACS in cancer patients represents a unique setting in which the risk/benefit ratio of invasive treatment should be carefully evaluated. This review focused on the available evidence of all aspects of ACS in cancer patients providing a guide to a multidisciplinary approach.

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