Long-Term Heart Risks After Cancer: Effects May Appear 20 Years Later
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Overcoming cancer does not always mean leaving behind its consequences. This is emphasized by the Spanish Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Image (SEMNIM): certain oncological treatments can damage the heart silently, an effect known as cardiotoxicity, which in some patients does not manifest until a decade or two after the chemotherapy has ended. This damage, although late, can be anticipated and monitored thanks to nuclear medicine, do…
Long-Term Heart Risks After Cancer: Effects May Appear 20 Years Later
Long after cancer treatment, patients may face unexpected health challenges, with cardiac complications emerging up to two decades later. Medical experts warn that long-term monitoring is crucial as delayed heart effects become an increasing concern among survivors.
A specialist alerts about cardiac toxicity sometimes very late after some cancer treatments. The most exposed patients should be followed much longer.
The coordinator of the Working Group on Cardiology of the Spanish Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Image (SEMNIM), Dr. Francisco Sebastián Palacid, has stated that the cardiotoxicity of a cancer treatment "may appear acutely, in the first year after treatment, or late, 10 or 20 years later".
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