Radiation-Induced Vascular Disease—A State-of-the-Art Review

Since the 1990s, there has been a steady increase in the number of cancer survivors to an estimated 17 million in 2019 in the US alone. Radiation therapy today is applied to a variety of malignancies and over 50% of cancer patients. The effects of ionizing radiation on cardiac structure and function...

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Main Authors: Eric H. Yang, Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, Dinu V. Balanescu, Abdul Hakeem, Teodora Donisan, William Finch, Renu Virmani, Joerg Herrman, Mehmet Cilingiroglu, Cindy L. Grines, Konstantinos Toutouzas, Cezar Iliescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2021.652761/full