Cardiotoxicity

Wenyong Tan

Cardiotoxicity - IntechOpen 2018 - 1 electronic resource (162 p.)

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Cardiotoxicity may be caused by radiotherapy and/or anticancer agents for many malignancies, adverse effects of some drugs in the context of medical intervention or heavy metal intake, especially during the anticancer therapy. This book intends to bring forward the recent development in toxicities from cancer treatment. It updates the possible mechanisms of cardiotoxicities of some anticancer agents and the suggested prevention and treatment strategies. This book contains many valuable contributions from the researchers in oncology and cardiology as well as the clinicians who are experts in this field.


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intechopen.75370 9781789842371 9781789842388

10.5772/intechopen.75370 doi

Medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Cardiac Electrophysiology Health Sciences