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Prognostic Factors for Cardiotoxicity Among Children With Can-Cer: Definition, Causes and Diagnosis With Omics Technologies

Version 1 : Received: 21 April 2023 / Approved: 23 April 2023 / Online: 23 April 2023 (03:36:10 CEST)
Version 2 : Received: 23 April 2023 / Approved: 24 April 2023 / Online: 24 April 2023 (04:06:08 CEST)

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Antoniadi, K.; Thomaidis, N.; Nihoyannopoulos, P.; Toutouzas, K.; Gikas, E.; Kelaidi, C.; Polychronopoulou, S. Prognostic Factors for Cardiotoxicity among Children with Cancer: Definition, Causes, and Diagnosis with Omics Technologies. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 1864. Antoniadi, K.; Thomaidis, N.; Nihoyannopoulos, P.; Toutouzas, K.; Gikas, E.; Kelaidi, C.; Polychronopoulou, S. Prognostic Factors for Cardiotoxicity among Children with Cancer: Definition, Causes, and Diagnosis with Omics Technologies. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 1864.

Abstract

Improvements in the treatment of childhood cancer have considerably enhanced survival rates over the last decades, to over 80% as per today. However, this great achievement has been accompanied by the occurrence of several early and long-term treatment-related complications major of which is the cardiotoxicity. The chemotherapeutic agents that have been implicated as a cause of cardiotoxicity, are mostly anthracyclines and mitoxantrone, alkylating agents, proteasome inhibitors and to a lesser extent anti-microtubule agents, cisplatin, monoclonal antibodies, small molecular tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and nucleotide synthesis inhibitors. Routine diagnosis and monitoring of cardiotoxicity rely on electrocardiography and echocardiography. For the early detection of cardiotoxicity, in recent years, major studies have been conducted using biomarkers such as troponin, N-terminal pro b-natriuretic peptide, etc. Despite refinements in diagnostics still severe limitations exist, due to the increase of the above-mentioned biomarkers, only after significant cardiac damage has occurred. Lately, research has been expanded by introducing new technologies and finding new markers by omics approach. These new markers could be used not only for early detection, but also for early prevention of cardiotoxicity. The omics science, which includes genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, offers new opportunities for biomarker discovery in cardiotoxicity and may provide understanding of mechanisms of cardiotoxicity, beyond traditional technologies. This article reviews the contemporary definition of cardiotoxicity, older and newer chemotherapeutic agents mainly involved in cardiotoxicity and the methods of early and preventive diagnosis, using omics technology.

Keywords

cardiotoxicity; childhood cancer; chemotherapeutics agents; biomarkers; omics technology 

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Oncology and Oncogenics

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