Global Clinical Guidelines to Prevent, Manage Cardiac Complications Among Pediatric Cancer Patients Published
Researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne have recently published the first-ever clinical guidelines to help prevent and address cardiac complications in pediatric cancer patients who are currently undergoing treatment. A growing body of research has revealed in recent years that pediatric cancer patients face a significant risk of developing additional medical complications later in life. Some of the treatments used to address tumors, such as radiation therapy, can be quite damaging to healthy cells. Even grown adults suffer side effects such as anemia, appetite loss, fatigue, bruising, bleeding, and hair loss. For children, these treatments can disrupt…