Mechanism and prevention strategy of a bidirectional relationship between heart failure and cancer (Review)

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Mechanism and prevention strategy of a bidirectional relationship between heart failure and cancer (Review) Via Experimental and therapeutic medicine Exp Ther Med. 2021 Dec;22(6):1463. doi: 10.3892/etm.2021.10898. Epub 2021 Oct 20. ABSTRACT The relationship between cancer and heart failure has been extensively studied in the last decade. These studies have focused on describing heart injury caused by certain cancer treatments, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy and targeted therapy. Previous studies have demonstrated a higher incidence of cancer in patients with heart failure. Heart failure enhances an over-activation of the sympathetic nervous system and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, and subsequently promotes cancer development. Other studies have found that heart failure and cancer both have a common pathological origin, flanked by chronic inflammation in certain organs. The present review aims to summarize and describe the recent discoveries, suggested mechanisms and relationships between heart failure and cancer. The current review provides more ideas on clinical p revention strategies according to the pathological mechanism involved. PMID:34737803 | PMC:PMC8561773 | DOI:10.3892/etm.2021.10898 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.