Key result
Study investigates SA node radiation dose and new-onset AF risk but abstract omits results.
Why the study?
The impact of thoracic radiotherapy on the cardiac conduction system, especially the sinoatrial node, and its association with new-onset atrial fibrillation is poorly defined.
Cohort (n=84)
May inform sinoatrial node sparing in lung cancer radiotherapy; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
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Yalman et al. (2026) conducted a cohort in Lung cancer (n=84). Sinoatrial (SA) node radiation dose was evaluated on New-onset atrial fibrillation (AF). The study investigated the association between SA node radiation dose and new-onset atrial fibrillation in 84 lung cancer patients, but results were not reported in the truncated abstract.
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