Echocardiographic evaluation of patients undergoing cancer therapy
Maria Klara Frey, Jutta Bergler‐Klein
Abstract
As advances in oncology therapies lead to significant improvement in life expectancy of many cancer entities, short-, and long-term cardiac side effects of oncology treatments gain increasing importance. In search of new screening modalities, echocardiography currently presents the best established and clinically easily feasible tool to detect cardiotoxicity in patients undergoing cancer therapy. This review focusses on the most commonly used oncology therapies and aims to give a practical approach to guide clinicians caring for this growing number of patients.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCardiotoxicityModalitiesCancerLife expectancyCancer therapyIntensive care medicineOncologyInternal medicineRadiation therapyMedical physicsChemotherapySocial sciencePopulationSociologyEnvironmental healthChemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigationCancer Treatment and PharmacologyPolymer Nanocomposite Synthesis and Irradiation