Research progress on radiation-induced heart damage—basic mechanism / 中华放射肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

At present, heart has become an important organ at risk during radiotherapy for thoracic, mediastinal and breast carcinoma. Heart is relatively sensitive to radiation because of its anatomical location and structure. The incidence of radiation-induced cardiac adverse events can affect the long-term survival of patients. In this article, the recent progress on the basic research of radiation-induced heart damage was described as follows.