ESTRO PT 2018

Opportunities to Investigate the Cardiotoxic Effects of Radiotherapy within RADCOMP

Bonnie Ky, MD, MSCE

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• Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Translational Study Objective:

To determine if radiation therapy induces early, subclinical CV injury that differs between proton versus photon therapy, and if these effects are associated with late adverse CV events.