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ReviewCardiovascular toxicology2026

Genetic and Molecular Determinants of Cancer Therapy-Related Cardiovascular Toxicity.

Paulina Szubińska-Bałaban, Aneta Klotzka, Katarzyna Ziółkowska, Patrycja Marciniak-Stępak, Julia Niedzielska, Federico Russo, Amro Abu Suleiman, Filip Glista, Angelika Kuczmarska, Ewelina Bukowska-Olech

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Review in Cardiovascular toxicology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Paulina Szubińska-Bałaban *Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0009-0002-4760-2618
Aneta Klotzka *Department of Cardiology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, University Clinical Hospital, Poznań, Poland. aklotzka@ump.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-1063-8318
Katarzyna Ziółkowska *Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9933-2395
Patrycja Marciniak-Stępak *Department of Pediatric Oncology Hematology and Transplantology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0967-009X
Julia Niedzielska *Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Student Scientific Society, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0009-0002-0833-6759
Federico Russo *Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0009-0008-8457-7822
Amro Abu Suleiman *Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0727-2717
Filip GlistaPoznan University of Medical Sciences, Student Scientific Society, Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4456-6095
Angelika KuczmarskaDepartment of Cardiology, Poznań University of Medical Sciences, University Clinical Hospital, Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0009-0005-7860-8176
Ewelina Bukowska-OlechDepartment of Laboratory Diagnostics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland. ebukowska@ump.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-0509-1696

Funding

Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu NMN0000171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity (CTR-CVT) is an umbrella term for myocardial, vascular, electrical, and inflammatory complications of cytotoxic, targeted, immune, and radiation-based therapies. Cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) is used here more narrowly for treatment-related myocardial dysfunction, typically identified by changes in left ventricular ejection fraction, global longitudinal strain, and/or cardiac biomarkers. The pathophysiology of CTR-CVT is multifactorial, but the implicated pathways should not be interpreted as equally causal. The dominant initiating mechanism is therapy-specific - anthracycline injury is best supported by topoisomerase IIβ (TOP2B)-mediated DNA damage with secondary mitochondrial and redox injury; HER2-directed toxicity by disruption of NRG1-ERBB2/ERBB4 survival signalling; fluoropyrimidine toxicity by coronary vasomotor dysfunction; VEGF-pathway inhibition by endothelial dysfunction and hypertension; immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicity by loss of immune tolerance; and radiotherapy injury by endothelial and microvascular damage with progressive fibrosis. Mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, inflammation, calcium dysregulation, apoptosis, and ferroptosis frequently act as downstream or amplifying pathways, although the clinical relevance of several regulated cell-death mechanisms remains incompletely established. Genetic susceptibility may further modify risk, but the strength of evidence differs among reported loci. Replicated pharmacogenetic associations, rare variants in established cardiomyopathy genes, and preliminary candidate-gene findings should therefore be considered separately. Most available studies remain limited by small cohorts, heterogeneous phenotyping, ancestry imbalance, and incomplete external replication. This review critically evaluates the hierarchy and strength of mechanistic and genetic evidence and discusses the extent to which these findings can currently inform risk stratification, surveillance, prevention, and treatment in precision cardio-oncology.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCardiovascular DiseasesNeoplasmsAnimalsCardiotoxicityGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansPharmacogenomic VariantsAntineoplastic AgentsCancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunctionCancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicityCardio-oncologyGenetic susceptibilityPharmacogenomicsPrecision medicine

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