Radiation-induced heart disease

JA Quintero-Martinez, SN Cordova-Madera… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer incidence and survivorship have had a rising tendency over the last two decades
due to better treatment modalities. One of these is radiation therapy (RT), which is used in 20 …

[HTML][HTML] Proton Radiation Therapy: A Systematic Review of Treatment-Related Side Effects and Toxicities

PP Salem, P Chami, R Daou, J Hajj… - International …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide. Around half of all cancer patients
undergo some type of radiation therapy throughout the course of their treatment. Photon …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of radiation-induced heart disease

S Ellahham, A Khalouf, M Elkhazendar… - Radiation Oncology …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radiation therapy (RT) has dramatically improved cancer survival, leading to several
inevitable complications. Unintentional irradiation of the heart can lead to radiation-induced …