Published November 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

The drugs for the prevention and treatment of radiation-induced circulatory damage

  • 1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin (China)

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Radiation therapy is one of the important treatments for cancer, but human normal tissue is bound to be caused a certain degree of radiation injury by radiation in the process of radiotherapy. Especially in the process of the treatment of chest cancer and head and neck cancer, radioactive cardiovascular damage seriously affects the quality of life of patients. As the tumor incidence increases year by year, more attention is paid to the study of drugs for prevention and treatment of radioactive cardiovascular damage. This paper summarizes recent progress of drugs for prevention and treatment of radioactive injury of circulation system. (authors)

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Journal Title
International Journal of Radiation Medicine and Nuclear Medicine
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 421-426
ISSN
1673-4114

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32 refs.; http://dx.doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4114.2014.06.017