Is cardiac toxicity a relevant issue in the radiation treatment of esophageal cancer?

JC Beukema, P van Luijk, J Widder… - Radiotherapy and …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Purpose: In recent years several papers have been published on radiation-induced cardiac
toxicity, especially in breast cancer patients. However, in esophageal cancer patients the …

Consequences of ionizing radiation exposure to the cardiovascular system

JWS Jahng, MP Little, HJ No, BW Loo Jr… - Nature Reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Ionizing radiation is widely used in various industrial and medical applications, resulting in
increased exposure for certain populations. Lessons from radiation accidents and …

[PDF][PDF] Лучевая диагностика и терапия

СК Терновой, ВЕ Синицын - М. ГЕОТАР, 2010‏ - radiag.bmoc-spb.ru
XII Невский радиологический форум состоится 7–10 апреля 2021 г. Путь к этой дате
был достаточно сложным. Форум пройдет под девизом «Дети—не маленькие …

Radiation and the heart: systematic review of dosimetry and cardiac endpoints

JR Niska, CS Thorpe, SM Allen… - Expert review of …, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Recent trials in radiotherapy have associated heart dose and survival,
inadequately explained by the existing literature for radiation-related late cardiac effects …

Incidence and predictors of pericardial effusion after chemoradiation therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

MS Ning, L Tang, DR Gomez, T Xu, Y Luo, J Huo… - International Journal of …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Purpose Findings from Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 0617 suggested that
collateral radiation to the heart may contribute to early death in patients receiving …

Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are associated with improved outcomes over surgery and chemotherapy in the management of limited-stage small cell esophageal …

MB Meng, NG Zaorsky, C Jiang, LJ Tian… - Radiotherapy and …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: This retrospective study evaluates the efficacy and safety of surgery and
chemotherapy (S+ CT) vs. radiotherapy and CT (RT+ CT) in patients with limited stage small …

Series of myocardial FDG uptake requiring considerations of myocardial abnormalities in FDG-PET/CT

R Minamimoto - Japanese journal of radiology, 2021‏ - Springer
Distinct from cardiac PET performed with preparation to control physiological FDG uptake in
the myocardium, standard FDG-PET/CT performed with 4–6 h of fasting will show variation …

[HTML][HTML] A pulmonary vein atlas for radiotherapy planning

GM Walls, C McCann, P Ball, KM Atkins, RH Mak… - Radiotherapy and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Purpose Cardiac arrhythmia is a recognised potential
complication of thoracic radiotherapy, but the responsible cardiac substructures for …

Radiation therapy and cardiac death in long-term survivors of esophageal cancer: an analysis of the surveillance, epidemiology, and end result database

L Gharzai, V Verma, KA Denniston, AR Bhirud… - Plos one, 2016‏ - journals.plos.org
Objective Radiation therapy (RT) for esophageal cancer often results in unintended
radiation doses delivered to the heart owing to anatomic proximity. Using the Surveillance …

Symptomatic pericardial effusion after chemoradiation therapy in esophageal cancer patients

J Fukada, N Shigematsu, H Takeuchi, T Ohashi… - International Journal of …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Purpose We investigated clinical and treatment-related factors as predictors of symptomatic
pericardial effusion in esophageal cancer patients after concurrent chemoradiation therapy …