Biomarkers May Help Predict Heart Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors
In survivors of childhood cancer, recent research has found that two common biomarkers may be able to predict heart risk, according to a...
Jan 22, 2024
Large clinical trial seeks to prevent heart failure among childhood cancer survivors
Results suggest that more childhood cancer survivors may benefit from a heart-saving medication called carvedilol, even long after their...
Jan 17, 2024
Cardiovascular testing rates 'poor' among adult survivors of childhood cancer
Adult survivors of childhood cancer with a high risk of cardiovascular disease may not be receiving proper cardiac testing, according to...
Jan 5, 2024
Bone marrow transplant increases risk of cardiovascular disease and developing insulin resistance
In a collaborative study between Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Minnesota, Dr. Baker along with Dr. Tyler Ketterl,...
Dec 27, 2023
Cardiac RT May Amplify Late Disease Risk in Pediatric Cancer Survivors
Receipt of radiotherapy to cardiac substructures appears to increase the risk of cardiac disease among adult survivors of childhood...
Sep 8, 2023
Healthy diet shown to lower cardiovascular disease risk in adult childhood cancer survivors
In a recent study published in BMC Medicine, researchers analyze cardiovascular illness risk across adult childhood cancer survivors...
Jul 11, 2023
Heart Disease Risk Is Higher Among Childhood Cancer Survivors, Study Finds
People who survive childhood cancers have a greater risk of heart disease and other health conditions later in life, according to a...
Mar 22, 2023
Drug Offers Long-Term Heart Protection for Childhood Cancer Survivors
When children with cancer received dexrazoxane alongside their chemotherapy, they tended to have fewer heart complications in the short ...
Feb 8, 2023
World-first guidelines created to prevent heart complications in children during cancer treatment
The world’s first international clinical guidelines to help prevent and treat heart complications in children undergoing cancer...
Feb 6, 2023
Genetic variant linked with increased risk of anthracycline-related cardiomyopathy
In results published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham discovered an...
Jan 11, 2023

