Cardiotoxicity of anthracycline agents for the treatment of cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

A. Smith, L.; Cornelius, Victoria; Plummer, Chris; Levitt, Gill; Verrill, Mark; Canney, Peter; Jones, Alison

doi:10.1186/1471-2407-10-337

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Cardiotoxicity of anthracycline agents for the treatment of cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Published in BMC Cancer • Jun 29, 2010

Authors:

L. A. Smith

Victoria Cornelius

Chris Plummer

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to clarify the risk of early and late cardiotoxicity of anthracycline agents in patients treated for breast or ovarian cancer, lymphoma, myeloma or sarcoma. METHODS: Randomized controlled trials were sought using comprehensive searches o...

Subject

Medicine

Epirubicin

Anthracycline

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