Advancing Cancer and Cardiometabolic Health Through Integrated Care

This Research Topic seeks to advance the understanding of the complex, bidirectional relationship between cardiometabolic risk factors and cancer. The global prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs), including obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia, is accelerating, often coinciding with an increased incidence and mortality across various cancer types. CMDs and cancer share common biological pathways, such as chronic inflammation, insulin resistance, and altered energy metabolism, suggesting a unified pathogenetic process. Furthermore, modern cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation, and novel targeted and immunotherapies, are increasingly recognized for their potential to induce or exacerbate cardiovascular and metabolic toxicities, impacting long-term survival and quality of life for cancer survivors. This collection aims to bring together cutting-edge research to explore this intersection, moving beyond co-occurrence to investigate fundamental mechanisms, clinical prediction, and innovative mitigation strategies. We welcome submissions that advance understanding of how metabolic and cardiovascular factors shape cancer risk, biology, and survivorship, as well as studies that bridge epidemiology, molecular pathways, and clinical management.



Potential Themes and Topics:



- Biological mechanisms linking insulin resistance, inflammation, and tumorigenesis

- Influence of obesity, diabetes, and dyslipidemia on cancer progression and treatment outcomes

- Predictive and prognostic biomarkers for cardiotoxicity and metabolic complications from modern cancer treatments

- Biomarkers of metabolic dysfunction associated with cancer risk, recurrence, and survival

- Effects of pharmacologic interventions (e.g., metformin, statins, GLP-1 agonists) on cancer incidence and outcomes

- Impact of specific cardiometabolic diseases (e.g., type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) on cancer biology and therapeutic response

- Efficacy of lifestyle interventions (diet, physical activity, weight management) in reducing cardiometabolic risk before, during, and after cancer therapy

- Development and validation of risk stratification models to identify patients vulnerable to cardiometabolic complications

NOTE: Please note this collection is launched across three sections: Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology and Chronic Disease and Prevention Epidemiology. Please refer to the section descriptions for section requirements or reach out to the editorial team for support in determining where your manuscript should go. Please note, the Cardiovascular Epidemiology section does not consider research solely focused on mechanistic research.

Article types and fees

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Clinical Trial
• Conceptual Analysis
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Clinical Trial
• Conceptual Analysis
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Registered Report
• Review
• Study Protocol
• Systematic Review

Keywords: Cardio-oncology, Cancer, Insulin resistance, Inflammation, Biomarkers, Risk stratification

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.