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Cardiotoxicity of Anticancer Drugs

Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:43 am
by Olga
Cardiotoxicity of Anticancer Drugs: The Need for Cardio-Oncology and Cardio-Oncological Prevention
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/djp440v1
or
http://tinyurl.com/y8j2y7c

"we summarize the potential cardiovascular toxicities for a range of cancer chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive agents and emphasize the importance of evaluating cardiovascular risk when patients enter into trials and the need to develop guidelines that include collateral effects on the cardiovascular system. We also discuss mechanistic pathways and describe several potential protective agents that could be administered to patients with occult or overt risk for cardiovascular complications"