Fig. 3From: Multimodal assessment of acute cardiac toxicity induced by thoracic radiotherapy in cancer patients. Study protocolPatient timeline for this study. Briefly patients are selected according to inclusion/exclusion criteria and then stratified into two categories based on mean heart dose: low or high. Baseline levels of serum biomarkers are determined prior to RT and 1, and 12 weeks after finishing RT. Similarly Strain by Speckle Tracking (SST) echocardiogram are measured prior to RT and 1 and 12 weeks post RT. Please see text and methodology section for further detailsBack to article page