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Anticancer Efficacy of Photodynamic Therapy with Lung Cancer-Targeted Nanoparticles
Published on: December 1, 2016
[Role of echocardiography before, during and after anticancer treatment]
Nana Kwabena Poku1, Thibaud Koessler2, Philippe Meyer1
1Service de cardiologie, HUG, 1211 Genève 14.
Abstract:
Cardiologists increasingly must face not only the cardiotoxicity of certain cancer therapies, but also the burden of morbidity related to previous chemotherapy in cancer survivors. Due to the formidable effectiveness of novel oncology treatments, cancer patients are treated with drugs with limited experience of their use and systemic toxicity profile, notably their cardiotoxic effects. Echocardiography is recognized as a must in the evaluation of patients before, during and after their potentially cardiotoxic treatment. We discuss how certain echocardiographic parameters, including the evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction but also other factors that can help guide the management of cancer patients throughout their treatment and beyond.
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