Ocular adverse effects of anti-cancer chemotherapy

Cancer ranks as the second leading cause of mortality in Europe, following cardiovascular diseases. Every year, 2.6 million people are diagnosed with this disease, and 1.2 million die. It has an impact not only on individual health but also on society and the economy. The survival rate has improved...

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Published in:Journal of medicine and life 2023-06, Vol.16 (6), p.818-821
Main Authors: Stoicescu, Elena Andreea, Iancu, Raluca Claudia, Popa Cherecheanu, Alina, Iancu, George
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bone cancer
Breast cancer
Cancer therapies
Cataracts
Chemotherapy
Colorectal cancer
Drugs
Growth factors
Head & neck cancer
Kidney cancer
Leukemia
Lung cancer
Melanoma
Metastasis
Monoclonal antibodies
Mortality
Neurotoxicity
Ovarian cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Patients
Review
Signal transduction
Skin cancer
Testicular cancer
Toxicity
Tumors
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Summary:Cancer ranks as the second leading cause of mortality in Europe, following cardiovascular diseases. Every year, 2.6 million people are diagnosed with this disease, and 1.2 million die. It has an impact not only on individual health but also on society and the economy. The survival rate has improved with the introduction of new diagnostic methods and anti-cancer chemotherapy. While more aggressive chemotherapeutic regimens and combination therapies have demonstrated efficacy against cancer cells, they also have detrimental effects on normal cells, leading to systemic and ocular adverse reactions associated with cytotoxicity, inflammation, and neurotoxicity. Consequently, we have an increased survival rate, but the appearance of these ocular adverse effects decreases the quality of life. Ocular toxicity induced by chemotherapeutic agents is often underestimated. While prevention may not be possible, proper management by an ophthalmologist, an integral part of the oncology patient's medical team, is crucial. The ophthalmologist should assess the patient before initiating chemotherapeutic treatment and continue monitoring throughout to identify any adverse ocular reactions resulting from the systemic chemotherapy. This article aimed to briefly highlight the adverse reactions occurring at the ocular surface in patients undergoing chemotherapeutic treatment. Fortunately, these ocular side effects are limited only to the period in which the chemotherapeutic treatment is done, with most of them disappearing a few weeks after stopping the treatment.
ISSN:1844-3117
1844-122X
1844-3117
DOI:10.25122/jml-2023-0041