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Cardiac and inflammatory biomarkers do not correlate with volume of heart or lung receiving radiation

BACKGROUND: Thoracic and cardiac irradiation increases the risk of pulmonary and cardiovascular disease. In addition, radiation, often in combination with chemotherapy, can cause treatment-related pneumonitis. Previously, we showed that the common marker for cardiac damage, troponin T, was not eleva...

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Autores principales: Kuo, Angera H, Ancukiewicz, Marek, Kozak, Kevin R, Yock, Torunn I, Padera, Timothy P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4293110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25573181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13014-014-0324-1