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Cardiovascular diseases in survivors of childhood cancer
Author(s) -
Neha Bansal,
Javier G. Blanco,
Umesh C Sharma,
Saraswati Pokharel,
Shan Shisler,
Steven E. Lipshultz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cancer and metastasis reviews/cancer metastasis reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.555
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1573-7233
pISSN - 0167-7659
DOI - 10.1007/s10555-020-09859-w
Subject(s) - medicine , childhood cancer , radiation therapy , intensive care medicine , cancer , cancer treatment , pediatrics , surgery
Over the past few decades, the diagnosis and management of children with various malignancies have improved tremendously. As a result, there are an increasing number of children who are long-term cancer survivors. With improved survival, however, has come an increased risk of treatment-related cardiovascular complications that can appear decades after treatment. These problems are serious enough that all caregivers of childhood cancer survivors, including oncologists, cardiologists, and other health care personnel, must pay close attention to the short- and long-term effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy on these children. This review discusses the effects of treatment-related cardiovascular complications from anthracyclines and radiotherapy and the methods for preventing, screening, and treating these complications.

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