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Is there any way to get heart disease after chemo and radiation?
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Heart failure: Chemotherapy and radiation therapy both can cause cardiac damage. Certain chemotherapeutic agents are more toxic than others and radiation over a critical dosage can be cardiac damaging.
Answered 11/8/2013
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