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Cancer therapy-induced cardiotoxicity
Frères P. , Poncin A. , Moonen M. , Josse Cl. , Oury C. , Bours V. , Lancellotti P. , Jerusalem G.
Rev Med Liege 2016, 71(9),382-387Abstract : The incidence of cancer is raising and the treatments are increasingly aggressive. Consequently, physicians are regularly facing side effects of cytotoxic therapies. Cancer- therapy-induced cardiotoxicity is a serious complication because it can be fatal and causes a temporary or permanent cessation of the treatment. In this article, we summarize the mechanisms, the monitoring and the multidisciplinary management of patients with cancer-therapy induced cardiotoxicity.
