Childhood Cancer Treatment May Raise Adult Heart Disease Risk
Children who survive cancer may face a higher risk of heart disease as adults, new research suggests. Read more here:...
Jan 5, 2016
The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Cancer
I hope for a future where survival can be celebrated by a higher percentage of children, young adults, and adults. A future where people...
Nov 18, 2015
The Connection Between Cancer Treatment and Cardiac Problems
As more people survive cancer, doctors are discovering the long-term side-effects of their treatments. Read more here:...
Oct 20, 2015
Gene Variant Linked to Childhood Cancer Drug's Cardio Side Effects
In Nature Genetics, an international team described a gene variant that dials up the risk of heart problems in children treated with the...
Aug 4, 2015
Treatment-related cardiac dysfunction common in adult survivors of childhood cancer
Cardiac dysfunction, particularly abnormal global longitudinal strain and diastolic function, is common in adult survivors of childhood...
Jun 9, 2015
Cardiac Risks Are High in Childhood Cancer Survivors
One in four survivors of childhood cancer will develop coronary artery disease (CAD) and/or cardiomyopathy by age 50, according to a...
Aug 15, 2014
Noninvasive tool identified high coronary artery disease burden in childhood cancer survivors
Coronary CT angiography identified coronary artery disease in a high percentage of adult survivors of childhood Hodgkin’s lymphoma,...
Aug 11, 2014
New research study shows huge savings for health care
DETROIT, Mich., Monday, June 30, 2014 – Recently published findings in Annals of Internal Medicine by Steven Lipshultz, M.D., Wayne State...
Jun 30, 2014
Childhood cancer survivors: Less frequent heart screening may be more cost effective
Less frequent cardiac screening may be just as effective for monitoring risk in survivors of childhood cancer, according to two analyses...
May 26, 2014
Preventable risk factors pose serious threat to heart health of childhood cancer survivors
A Childhood Cancer Survivors Study led by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital suggests that reducing risk factors like hypertension...
Dec 13, 2013