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SUBMITTER: Norton N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8465671 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Norton Nadine N Weil Raegan M RM Advani Pooja P PP
Journal of clinical medicine 20210909 18
Anthracyclines are one of the most widely used and effective chemotherapies in oncology, but their most important side effect is the cumulative, dose-related cardiotoxicity leading to congestive heart failure in ~5% of individuals. Methodology and pharmacogenetic studies for predicting which individuals are at high risk and subsequently the development of targeted and individualized cardioprotective plans are beginning to make progress. Here, we review current putative risk genes and variants, t ...[more]