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Validating the pharmacogenomics of chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity: What is missing?
Pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Dec 2016
Magdy Tarek, Burmeister Brian T, Burridge Paul W
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The cardiotoxicity of certain chemotherapeutic agents is now well-established, and has led to the development of the field of cardio-oncology, increased cardiac screening of cancer patients, and limitation of patients' maximum cumulative chemotherapeutic dose. The effect of chemotherapeutic regimes on the heart largely involves cardiomyocyte death, leading to cardiomyopathy and heart failure, or the induction of...
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