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- Title
Modern Radiotherapy and Risk of Cardiotoxicity.
- Authors
Koutroumpakis, Efstratios; Palaskas, Nicolas L.; Lin, Steven H.; Abe, Jun-ichi; Liao, Zhongxing; Banchs, Jose; Deswal, Anita; Yusuf, Syed Wamique
- Abstract
Despite the advancements of modern radiotherapy, radiation-induced heart disease remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality amongst cancer survivors. This review outlines the basic mechanism, clinical presentation, risk stratification, early detection, possible mitigation, and treatment of this condition.
- Subjects
CARDIOTOXICITY; CANCER survivors; RADIOTHERAPY; HEART diseases; CANCER-related mortality; RADIATION carcinogenesis
- Publication
Chemotherapy (0009-3157), 2020, Vol 65, Issue 3/4, p65
- ISSN
0009-3157
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000510573