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Trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity: is it a personalized risk?
Current drug targets - 1 Jan 2014
Milano Gerard A, Serres Emilie, Ferrero Jean-Marc, Ciccolini Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Optimal identification of the risk of developing cardiotoxicity upon trastuzumab (TZM) treatment appears necessary as this risk may impair treatment compliance and compromise long-term recovery. To better understand and predict cardiac toxicity, the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon need to be known. HER2 is present at the cell surface of cardiomyocytes. Neuregulin is produced by cardiac endothelial...
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