B-type natriuretic peptide plasma level in 5-year breast cancer survivors after radiotherapy.
CONCLUSION: At 5 years after radiotherapy, median plasma BNP levels remained within the normal range, but the delta-BNP levels are directly related to the heart and ventricular dose received.
PMID: 30431375 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Journal of Radiation Biology - Category: Radiology Tags: Int J Radiat Biol Source Type: research
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