title: Malignant cardiac tumors: diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: Primary malignant cardiac tumors are represented by sarcomas and non-Hodgkin lymphomas. They are rare, affect mostly patients in the fourth decade of life and have a severe prognosis. Both the diagnosis and the treatment require a multidisciplinary approach, and the cardiologist plays a central role both in the diagnosis and in the follow-up. The prognosis may be improved by a careful planning of surgery and by the use of multimodality treatment, including complementary chemotherapy and radiation therapy. A strict follow-up must be planned even after apparently complete cure.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Unit, Oncology Department, CRO, National Cancer Institute (IRCCS), Aviano (PN), Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lestuzzi
authors.affiliation: Radiation Oncology Department, CRO, National Cancer Institute (IRCCS), Aviano (PN), Italy.
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Paoli
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Unit, CRO, National Cancer Institute (IRCCS), Via F Gallini 2, 33081, Aviano (PN), Italy.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baresic
authors.affiliation: Medical Oncology, Oncology Department, CRO, National Cancer Institute (IRCCS), Aviano (PN), Italy.
authors.forename: Gianmaria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Miolo
authors.affiliation: Medical Oncology, Oncology Department, CRO, National Cancer Institute (IRCCS), Aviano (PN), Italy.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buonadonna
mesh_terms: D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: cardiac lymphoma; cardiac malignancy; cardiac radiotherapy; cardiac sarcomas; cardiac tumors; chemotherapy; malignant cardiac tumors; non-Hodgkin lymphoma; sarcoma; surgery