Biological clock may be key to reducing heart damage from radiation
Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 09:50
in Health & Medicine
Treatment for breast cancer commonly includes radiation therapy, which offers good chances of success but comes with a serious long-term side effect: toxicity due to radiation that reaches the heart, causing DNA damage in healthy heart cells. Over time, this can lead to heart disease and eventually heart failure. A new study conducted by researchers […]