Cardiotoxicity

Download or read book Cardiotoxicity written by Wenyong Tan and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.