IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 50 / Issue 7 / DOI: 10.31083/j.ceog5007138
Open Access Opinion
Modern Radiotherapy and Cardiac Toxicity in Breast Cancer
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1 Department of Oncology, University of Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
*Correspondence: giuseppecarlo.iorio@libero.it (Giuseppe Carlo Iorio)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2023, 50(7), 138; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.ceog5007138
Submitted: 13 December 2022 | Revised: 31 March 2023 | Accepted: 7 April 2023 | Published: 10 July 2023
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Radiotherapy (RT) is a mainstay of Breast Cancer (BC) patients therapy. Nonetheless, unintended irradiation of the heart and its substructures can result in cardiac toxicity, jeopardizing long-term survivors’ quality of life (QOL). Advances in RT delivery techniques deeply impacted this clinical scenario. Indeed, given the non-negligible burden of cardiotoxicity, modern cardiac sparing approaches have a pivotal role. Nonetheless, further evidence is eagerly awaited regarding patients’ selection, clinical predictors, biological markers, and particularly heart substructures dose-constraints.

Keywords
breast cancer
radiotherapy
cardiac toxicity
DIBH
QOL
cardiac sparing
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