2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines: The Task …

JL Zamorano, P Lancellotti… - European heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The task of develo** CPG documents covers not only integration of the most recent
research, but also the creation of educational tools and implementation programmes for the …

Deep inspiration breath hold: techniques and advantages for cardiac sparing during breast cancer irradiation

C Bergom, A Currey, N Desai, A Tai… - Frontiers in oncology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Historically, heart dose from left-sided breast radiotherapy has been associated with a risk of
cardiac injury. Data suggests that there is not a threshold for the deleterious effects from …

Cardiac side-effects from breast cancer radiotherapy

CW Taylor, AM Kirby - Clinical Oncology, 2015 - Elsevier
Breast cancer radiotherapy reduces the risk of cancer recurrence and death. However, it
usually involves some radiation exposure of the heart and analyses of randomised trials …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure of the lungs in breast cancer radiotherapy: a systematic review of lung doses published 2010–2015

MC Aznar, FK Duane, SC Darby, Z Wang… - Radiotherapy and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background and purpose We report a systematic review of lung radiation doses from breast
cancer radiotherapy. Methods and materials Studies describing breast cancer radiotherapy …

Management of cardiovascular disease in women with breast cancer

R Barish, F Lynce, K Unger, A Barac - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardio-oncology is a rapidly develo** field which seeks to improve patient outcomes
through enhanced clinical and research collaboration across the disciplines of oncology and …

Recent time trends and predictors of heart dose from breast radiation therapy in a large quality consortium of radiation oncology practices

LJ Pierce, M Feng, KA Griffith, R Jagsi, T Boike… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Limited data exist regarding the range of heart doses received in routine practice
with radiation therapy (RT) for breast cancer in the United States today and the potential …

Breast radiotherapy-related cardiotoxicity. When, how, why. Risk prevention and control strategies

AA Díaz-Gavela, L Figueiras-Graillet, ÁM Luis… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Given that the majority of breast cancer patients receive adjuvant radiation
therapy and/or systemic treatments that can enhance cardiovascular risk, it is imperative to …

[HTML][HTML] The patient experience of radiotherapy for breast cancer: a qualitative investigation as part of the SuPPORT 4 All study

H Probst, K Rosbottom, H Crank, A Stanton, H Reed - Radiography, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Breast cancer is a global health problem with 2.09 million cases of breast
cancer diagnosed worldwide in 2018. With an increase in breast cancer survival attention …

The UK HeartSpare Study (Stage II): multicentre evaluation of a voluntary breath-hold technique in patients receiving breast radiotherapy

FR Bartlett, EM Donovan, HA McNair, LA Corsini… - Clinical Oncology, 2017 - Elsevier
Aims To evaluate the feasibility and heart-sparing ability of the voluntary breath-hold (VBH)
technique in a multicentre setting. Materials and methods Patients were recruited from 10 …

[HTML][HTML] Late complications of radiation therapy for breast cancer: evolution in techniques and risk over time

Z Brownlee, R Garg, M Listo, P Zavitsanos… - Gland …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Radiation therapy in combination with surgery, chemotherapy, and endocrine therapy as
indicated, has led to excellent local and distant control of early stage breast cancers. With …