Cardiac Arrhythmias in Patients Treated for Lung Cancer: A Review.

ABSTRACT: Cardio-oncology currently faces one of the greatest challenges in the field of health care. The main goal of this discipline is to ensure that patients treated for cancer do not suffer or die from cardiovascular disease. The number of studies on the mechanisms of heart injury during cancer treatment is constantly increasing. However, there is insufficient data on heart rhythm disorders that may result from this treatment. This issue seems to be particularly important in patients with lung cancer, in whom anticancer therapy, especially radiotherapy, may contribute to the onset of cardiac arrhythmias. The observed relationship between cardiac dosimetry and radiotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity in lung cancer treatment may explain the increased mortality from cardiovascular causes in patients a

SUBMITTER: Hawryszko M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10741954 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature