Medical Oncology

Susan Faye Dent, MD

Professor of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Campus mail DUMC 3446, Durham, NC 27710
Phone (919) 684-5734
Email address susan.dent@duke.edu

Medical Oncologist with a focus on breast cancer
Associate Director of Breast Cancer Clinical Research
Co-Director Duke Cardio-Oncology Program

Education and Training

  • Medical Oncology, Royal College of Physicians (United Kingdom), 1993 - 1995
  • Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians (United Kingdom), 1990 - 1993
  • M.D., McMaster University (Canada), 1990

Grants

Publications

Dent, Susan F., Amber Morse, Sarah Burnette, Avirup Guha, and Heather Moore. “Cardiovascular Toxicity of Novel HER2-Targeted Therapies in the Treatment of Breast Cancer.” Current Oncology Reports 23, no. 11 (August 27, 2021): 128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11912-021-01114-x.

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Fradley, Michael G., Theresa M. Beckie, Sherry Ann Brown, Richard K. Cheng, Susan F. Dent, Anju Nohria, Kristen K. Patton, Jagmeet P. Singh, and Brian Olshansky. “Recognition, Prevention, and Management of Arrhythmias and Autonomic Disorders in Cardio-Oncology: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.” Circulation 144, no. 3 (July 20, 2021): e41–55. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000986.

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Dent, S. F., J. Botros, M. Rushton, O. Aseyev, M. N. Levine, W. R. Parulekar, P. O’Brien, et al. “Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in patients with early-stage breast cancer: the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG) MA.21 experience.” Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 184, no. 3 (December 2020): 733–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-020-05887-w.

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Alvarez-Cardona, Jose A., Jordan Ray, Joseph Carver, Vlad Zaha, Richard Cheng, Eric Yang, Joshua D. Mitchell, et al. “Cardio-Oncology Education and Training: JACC Council Perspectives.” J Am Coll Cardiol 76, no. 19 (November 10, 2020): 2267–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.08.079.

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Lenihan, Daniel, Joseph Carver, Charles Porter, Jennifer E. Liu, Susan Dent, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Joshua D. Mitchell, et al. “Cardio-oncology care in the era of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: An International Cardio-Oncology Society (ICOS) statement.” Ca Cancer J Clin 70, no. 6 (November 2020): 480–504. https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21635.

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Addison, Daniel, Courtney M. Campbell, Avirup Guha, Arjun K. Ghosh, Susan F. Dent, and Hani Jneid. “Cardio-Oncology in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.” J Am Heart Assoc 9, no. 19 (October 20, 2020): e017787. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.120.017787.

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Kikuchi, Robin, Nishant P. Shah, and Susan F. Dent. “Strategies to Prevent Cardiovascular Toxicity in Breast Cancer: Is It Ready for Primetime?” J Clin Med 9, no. 4 (March 25, 2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9040896.

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Dent, Susan F., Robin Kikuchi, Lavanya Kondapalli, Roohi Ismail-Khan, Christine Brezden-Masley, Ana Barac, and Michael Fradley. “Optimizing Cardiovascular Health in Patients With Cancer: A Practical Review of Risk Assessment, Monitoring, and Prevention of Cancer Treatment-Related Cardiovascular Toxicity.” Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 40 (March 2020): 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1200/EDBK_286019.

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Rushton-Marovac, Moira K., Isac Lima, Meltem Tuna, Chiara Melloni, Kathy Pritchard, Steven Hawken, and Susan F. Dent. “Abstract P5-14-11: Cardiac monitoring in advanced breast cancer patients treated with trastuzumab: Does it improve cardiac safety?” In Poster Session Abstracts. American Association for Cancer Research, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs19-p5-14-11.

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Dent, Susan Faye, Henning Steen, Moritz Montenbruck, Sebastian Esch, Pia Wulfing, Kyle Janson, and Daniel Lenihan. “Abstract P5-14-18: Cardioprotective therapy in breast cancer patients with subclinical and clinical cardiotoxicty.” In Poster Session Abstracts. American Association for Cancer Research, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs19-p5-14-18.

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