Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer and Angioneogenesis: Good for Cancer, Bad for Carotids?

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Jun;9(6):676-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.07.025. Epub 2016 May 18.

Authors

Eloisa Arbustini¹, Takahide Kodama², Valentina Favalli³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, IRCCS Foundation Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: e.arbustini@smatteo.pv.it.
² Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, IRCCS Foundation Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Cardiovascular Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, IRCCS Foundation Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy.

PMID: 27209104
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2015.07.025

No abstract available

Keywords: carotid arteries; intraplaque neovascularization (IPN); radiation therapy.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Carotid Arteries*
Head and Neck Neoplasms*
Humans