Cancer and Postradiotherapy Cardiotoxicity: How to Face Damage in Women’s Hearts?
Cancer and cardiovascular disease are the two main causes of death worldwide in both men and women. In the past decades, survival rate in cancer patients has substantially improved due to new treatments and developments in radiation therapy (RT). In women, breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of...
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2023-03-01
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| description | Cancer and cardiovascular disease are the two main causes of death worldwide in both men and women. In the past decades, survival rate in cancer patients has substantially improved due to new treatments and developments in radiation therapy (RT). In women, breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer death and thoracic RT is a main component of the treatment in many cases. Nevertheless, despite new techniques that limit the area receiving RT, cardiac damage is still an important concern in BC patients. In this review, the following aspects will be addressed: pathophysiology of postradiotherapy heart damage in women with BC; mechanisms, diagnosis and prevention/management of heart damage; and future areas of potential research for radiotherapy injury in women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0351055153d642edafdb21ba096e606c2024-04-20T16:03:14ZengRadcliffe Medical MediaEuropean Cardiology Review1758-37561758-37642023-03-011810.15420/ecr.2022.36Cancer and Postradiotherapy Cardiotoxicity: How to Face Damage in Women’s Hearts?Amalia Peix0Aylen Perez1Ana Maria Barreda2Nuclear Medicine Department, Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Havana, CubaRadiology Department, Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Havana, CubaCardiovascular Surgery Department, Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Havana, CubaCancer and cardiovascular disease are the two main causes of death worldwide in both men and women. In the past decades, survival rate in cancer patients has substantially improved due to new treatments and developments in radiation therapy (RT). In women, breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of cancer death and thoracic RT is a main component of the treatment in many cases. Nevertheless, despite new techniques that limit the area receiving RT, cardiac damage is still an important concern in BC patients. In this review, the following aspects will be addressed: pathophysiology of postradiotherapy heart damage in women with BC; mechanisms, diagnosis and prevention/management of heart damage; and future areas of potential research for radiotherapy injury in women.https://www.ecrjournal.com/articleindex/ecr.2022.36 |
| spellingShingle | Amalia Peix Aylen Perez Ana Maria Barreda Cancer and Postradiotherapy Cardiotoxicity: How to Face Damage in Women’s Hearts? European Cardiology Review |
| title | Cancer and Postradiotherapy Cardiotoxicity: How to Face Damage in Women’s Hearts? |
| title_full | Cancer and Postradiotherapy Cardiotoxicity: How to Face Damage in Women’s Hearts? |
| title_fullStr | Cancer and Postradiotherapy Cardiotoxicity: How to Face Damage in Women’s Hearts? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cancer and Postradiotherapy Cardiotoxicity: How to Face Damage in Women’s Hearts? |
| title_short | Cancer and Postradiotherapy Cardiotoxicity: How to Face Damage in Women’s Hearts? |
| title_sort | cancer and postradiotherapy cardiotoxicity how to face damage in women s hearts |
| url | https://www.ecrjournal.com/articleindex/ecr.2022.36 |
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