Are there any long term effects due to M.O.P.P. chemotherapy which could effect your cardiovascular system?

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Are there any long term effects due to M.O.P.P. chemotherapy which could effect your cardiovascular system?
 

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The chemotherapy regimen for Hodgkin Disease known as MOPP does have several effects on long-term health but danger to the cardiovascular system isn't one of them. MOPP causes permanent sterility due to the Mustargen (the "M" in MOPP). It also has a 3 percent chance of leading to a secondary cancer, acute myelogenous leukemia. For this reason many oncologists choose an alternative chemotherapy regimen, ABVD, for Hodgkin disease when possible. Radiation treatment to the chest carries a risk of damage to the cardiovascular system, but the MOPP chemotherapy regimen should not.

 

 
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