Childhood cancer survivors may develop heart problems sooner
Adult survivors of childhood cancer have a greater risk of heart disease and develop risk factors like high blood pressure and elevated...
Mar 29, 2018
Survivors of childhood cancer are at great risk of heart problems in adulthood
Survivors of childhood cancer are at increased risk of suffering prematurely from cardiovascular disease in adulthood, according to a...
Mar 9, 2018
CVD Risk Factors Identified in Long-Term Survivors of Pediatric Cancer
Cardiac radiotherapy at doses of 10 Gy or higher increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a dose-dependent manner among long-term...
Jun 7, 2017
Here's Why Childhood Brain Tumour Survivors Can Be Prone to Heart Diseases
A recent study correlates childhood brain tumours survivors' high body fat with an increased risk of developing heart diseases and...
Mar 27, 2017
Pregnancy in survivors of childhood cancer may confer elevated risk for cardiotoxicity
Pregnancy may be linked to an increased risk for cardiotoxicity in patients who survived cancer in childhood, according to a research...
Feb 21, 2017
New clinical study for children with AML aims to kill leukemia cells and minimize cardiac damage
Cooper is leading a new nationwide clinical trial, conducted within the Children's Oncology Group (COG), for children and adolescents...
Dec 19, 2016
Cardiac mortality risk elevated in patients diagnosed with cancer at young age
Patients diagnosed with cancer at age 15 to 19 years who survived at least 5 years had a higher risk for cardiac death compared with...
Nov 11, 2016
Review Supports Dexrazoxane Use for Cardioprotection
The practice of giving dexrazoxane to protect the hearts of pediatric patients receiving anthracycline chemotherapy is supported by a...
Nov 7, 2016
Dexrazoxane Can Mediate Cardiotoxicity in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Survivors of childhood cancers are at significantly increased risk of cardiotoxicity if treated with anthracyclines, according to a new...
Sep 9, 2016
Survivors of Hodgkin lymphoma face high cardiovascular toxicity burden
Cardiovascular toxicities occurred more frequently and severely among adult survivors of pediatric, adolescent and young adult Hodgkin...
Aug 29, 2016

