Approximately 85% of children diagnosed with cancer will be cured of their primary cancer, but epidemiologic and clinical studies have characterized a significant burden of morbidity, as well as excess early mortality, in survivors.
This burden has largely been attributed to toxic treatment exposures during childhood cancer treatment. Excess cardiovascular-related disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in survivors of childhood cancer, which is associated with exposure to cardiotoxic therapy, such as anthracyclines and therapeutic radiation to the chest
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more: