Radiotherapy Can Cause Lasting Vascular Disease: Changes in Gene Expression to Blame, Research Suggests

Radiotherapy Can Cause Lasting Vascular Disease: Changes in Gene Expression to Blame, Research Suggests

ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2010) — For an as yet unknown reason, cancer radiotherapy can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease later in life, a problem that is growing as more and more people survive their cancer diagnosis. New research from Karolinska Institutet now suggests that sustained inflammation induced by post-radiotherapy changes in the gene expression in the arteries could be the cause.

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