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HFE Gene Variants' Impact on Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy-Induced Subclinical Cardiotoxicity.
Cardiovascular toxicology - 1 Jan 2021
Vaitiekus Domas, Muckiene Gintare, Vaitiekiene Audrone, Sereikaite Liveta, Inciuraite Ruta, Insodaite Ruta, Cepuliene Daiva, Kupcinskas Juozas, Ugenskiene Rasa, Jurkevicius Renaldas, Juozaityte Elona
Abstract excerpt
Progress in oncology has allowed to improve outcomes in many breast cancer patients. The core stone of breast cancer chemotherapy is anthracycline-based chemotherapy. Unfortunately, anthracyclines cause cardiotoxicity which is a limiting factor of its use and lifetime cumulative dose of anthracyclines is the major risk factor for cardiotoxicity. With evolution of echocardiography subclinical damage is identified,...
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