Modern methods of diagnostics and treatment of oncological diseases, complications of anticancer therapy can often have an adverse effect on the cardiovascular system. As a result of the direct effect of radiation therapy, chemotherapy on the heart, damage to cardiomyocytes, endocardium and heart valves occurs, the development of myocardial dysfunction and / or heart failure, which is defined as cardiotoxicity. At the same time, determining the risk of cardiotoxicity is often a difficult task, which is due to the different susceptibility of patients to certain drugs, the appointment of combined antitumor therapy, as well as a combination with radiation therapy.

Keywords: diagnostics, treatment, oncology, diseases, therapy, chemotherapy, heart, endocardium, heart valves,

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