- Aug 24, 2020
Screenings for cardiac dysfunction among childhood cancer survivors can be more precisely tailored
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have created a simulation model to demonstrate how to best provide cardiac health...
- Aug 24, 2020
Survivors of Pediatric Cancers May Experience Lasting Impact on Heart, Metabolic Health Following Ra
Adult survivors of childhood abdominal and pelvic cancers who were treated with radiation therapy experience body composition...
- Jun 3, 2020
Cancer’s toll on the heart decades down the road
New research explores how to lower the risk of heart disease in childhood cancer survivors. Read more: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/...
- Jan 16, 2020
Falling risk of heart disease among survivors of child cancer since the 1970s
"There has been a measurable decline in serious heart conditions among adult survivors of childhood cancer since the 1970s, finds a study...
- Aug 26, 2019
Childhood cancer survivors at elevated risk of heart disease
"Survivors of childhood cancer have a higher risk of developing a range of heart disease due to cancer therapy, according to new research...
- Apr 16, 2019
Which chemotherapy drugs have the highest cardiotoxicity risk in pediatric cancer?
A recent study published in JAMA Oncology analyzed data generated from over 28,000 childhood cancer survivors and compared the lifetime...
- Feb 14, 2019
Mitoxantrone for childhood cancer more cardiotoxic than thought
In pediatric cancer patients, mitoxantrone appears to be at least ten times as cardiotoxic as doxorubicin therapy, while daunorubicin...
- Jan 31, 2019
Daunorubicin reduces cardiomyopathy risk compared with doxorubicin in childhood cancer survivors
Daunorubicin appeared associated with a lower cardiomyopathy risk than doxorubicin among childhood cancer survivors, according to a...