[Review] Cardiac radiosensitivity in the era of thoracic chemoradiotherapy and immunotherapy: a scoping review

The Lancet Oncology | |

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) consolidation is now the standard of care for unresectable stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and is increasingly applied to other thoracic malignancies. Although survival outcomes have improved, concerns about cardiac toxicity have emerged, as both chemoradiotherapy and ICIs are independently cardiotoxic and their combined effects remain unclear. This scoping review first…

Topics: lung-cancer, blood-cancer, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, radiation