Long-term cardiac and pulmonary complications of cancer therapy. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Cardiac complications resulting from chemotherapy and radiation pose a significant risk for morbidity and mortality to the cancer survivor. Cardiac side effects may progress over time and are a concern for patients treated during childhood. Long-term pulmonary complications are relatively infrequent, and acute respiratory effects of drugs (mostly bleomycin) or radiation normally resolve early after therapy. Although most cardiovascular risk statistics and clinical experience are derived from patients treated before 1985, the modern radiation approach that limits the exposure of the heart and reduces the total dose seems to attenuate the previously observed cardiovascular risk. Potential preventive measures for high-risk patients are of increasing interest but remain experimental.

publication date

  • May 20, 2011

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 79960251338

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.hfc.2011.04.002

PubMed ID

  • 21749892

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 7

issue

  • 3