What Is the Cardiac Impact of Chemotherapy and Subsequent Radiotherapy in Lymphoma Patients?

Anthracyclines are widely used in anticancer protocols, but can induce cardiotoxicity by mechanisms that mainly involve oxidative damage and mitochondrial dysfunction. Radiotherapy (RT) can also impair cardiac function by promoting myocardial fibrosis, microvascular damage, and decreased density of myocardial capillaries. Hence, we aim at investigating prospectively whether RT impacts heart function in lymphoma patients who had been already treated with anthracyclines. Twenty-nine consecutive patients with Hodgkin or non-Hodgkin lymphomas underwent echocardiography at baseline (before antineoplastic treatments), and then every 2 months, until 6 months after treatment completion. Echo evaluation included standard two-dimensional and speckle tracking. Twenty-two patients treated with anthracycline-based regimens were eligible. Out of the 22 patients, 8 received chemotherapy (CT) only (subgroup 1), while 14 underwent RT after CT [subgroup 2 (S2)]. At the end of CT, ejection fraction was significantly reduced in the whole population. At 6 months after completion of therapies, E/E' increased and global longitudinal strain was compromised in S2, suggesting additional damage induced by RT after CT. On the basis of the data from our small prospective study, we can hypothesize that in lymphoma patients, anthracyclines can worsen cardiac function, and RT may have an additional unfavorable myocardial impact.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Antioxidants & redox signaling - 31(2019), 15 vom: 20. Nov., Seite 1166-1174

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mercurio, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Cuomo, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Della Pepa, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Ciervo, Deasy [VerfasserIn]
Cella, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Pirozzi, Flora [VerfasserIn]
Parrella, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Campi, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Franco, Riccardo [VerfasserIn]
Varricchi, Gilda [VerfasserIn]
Abete, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Marone, Gianni [VerfasserIn]
Petretta, Mario [VerfasserIn]
Bonaduce, Domenico [VerfasserIn]
Pacelli, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Picardi, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Tocchetti, Carlo Gabriele [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

80168379AG
Adult lymphoma
Anthracycline cardiotoxicity
Anthracyclines
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antineoplastic Agents
Cardiac damage from radiotherapy
Doxorubicin
Echocardiography
Journal Article
Oxidative damage
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 03.08.2020

Date Revised 03.08.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1089/ars.2019.7842

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300459386