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Despite advancements in modern radiotherapy, radiation-induced heart disease remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality among cancer survivors.
Radiation-induced heart disease remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer survivors, necessitating awareness of its mechanisms, detection, and mitigation.
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Clinicians should sustain cardiac surveillance in radiotherapy survivors; review extends awareness of detection and mitigation but leaves optimal strategies open.
Despite the advancements of modern radiotherapy, radiation-induced heart disease remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality amongst cancer survivors. This review outlines the basic mechanism, clinical presentation, risk stratification, early detection, possible mitigation, and treatment of this condition.
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