Radiation therapy for cancer is potentially associated with reduced growth of concomitant abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Aaron Becker von RoseKathrin KobusBianca BohmannMoritz Lindquist-LilljequistWolf EilenbergMarvin KapallaFlorian BassermannChristian ReepsHans-Henning EcksteinChristoph NeumayerChristine BrostjanJoy RoyKorbinian von HeckelRebecka HultgrenBenedikt J SchwaigerStephanie E CombsAlbert BuschKilian SchillerPublished in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2023)
In this study, both infield and outfield radiation exposure were associated with reduced AAA growth. This finding warrants further investigation, both in a larger scale clinical cohort and on a molecular level.