Abstract
Background Gradually, more patients with Lung Cancer, survive and the quality of their life compose a focus such as is disturbed from the side effects of treatment. It is known the toxicity of cardiovascular system, the spinal cord, esophagus, from therapies as: chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Radiotherapy to the lung cancer (± chemotherapy) causes acute and chronic cardiac toxicity such as acute pericarditis, arrhythmias and pericardial effusion, increased atherosclerosis and constrictive pericarditis (after irradiation). The risk is greatest with left lung irradiation and radiation involving the mediastinum. The effect of 3D Conformal radiotherapy to the left lung cancer or/and mediastinum, in the organs at risk (OAR), as heart, spinal cord, esophagus, unilateral lung.
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