The impact of radiotherapy on the heart has become an area of interest in recent years.
Many different cardiac dose-volume constraints have been associated with cardiac toxicity …

Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Cancer and heart disease are the leading causes of
morbidity and mortality in the industrialized world. Modern treatment strategies have led to …

ESC Guidelines e341 (1) the specific situation of the patient. In this respect, it is specified
that, unless otherwise provided for by national regulations, offlabel use of medication should …

Purpose Cardiac dysfunction is a serious adverse effect of certain cancer-directed therapies
that can interfere with the efficacy of treatment, decrease quality of life, or impact the actual …

Background Radiotherapy for breast cancer often involves some incidental exposure of the
heart to ionizing radiation. The effect of this exposure on the subsequent risk of ischemic …

Purpose The significance of radiotherapy (RT)–associated cardiac injury for stage III non–
small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unclear, but higher heart doses were associated with …

Through the success of basic and disease-specific research, cancer survivors are one of the
largest growing subsets of individuals accessing the healthcare system. Interestingly …

Survivors of childhood cancer treated with anthracycline chemotherapy or chest radiation
are at an increased risk of developing congestive heart failure. In this population, congestive …

Cardiovascular (CV) toxicity is a potential short-or long-term complication of various
anticancer therapies. Some drugs, such as anthracyclines or other biological agents, have …

Long-term survival rates after a diagnosis of breast cancer are steadily rising. This is good
news, but clinicians must also recognize that this brings new challenges to the medical …