The prevention, detection and management of cancer treatment-induced cardiotoxicity: a meta-review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The benefits associated with some cancer treatments do not come without risk. A serious side effect of some common cancer treatments is cardiotoxicity. Increased recognition of the public health implications of cancer treatment-induced cardiotoxicity has resulted in a proliferation of systematic reviews in this field to guide practice. Quality appraisal of these reviews is likely to limit the influence of biased conclusions from systematic reviews that have used poor methodology related to clinical decision-making. The aim of this meta-review is to appraise and synthesise evidence from only high quality systematic reviews focused on the prevention, detection or management of cancer treatment-induced cardiotoxicity.

Methods

Using Cochrane methodology, we searched d

SUBMITTER: Conway A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4427936 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature