Cardiovascular toxicities from systemic breast cancer therapy

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Guo, Shuang ^a   Wong, Serena ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthracycline; Breast cancer; Cardiotoxicity; Chemotherapy; Heart failure; Trastuzumab

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTHRACYCLINE; BEVACIZUMAB; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEFERASIROX; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ENALAPRIL; EPIRUBICIN; LAPATINIB; PACLITAXEL; PERTUZUMAB; PLACEBO; TRASTUZUMAB; TROPONIN I; UBIDECARENONE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER;

EID: 84922512485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00346     Document Type: Review

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