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Chemotherapy and heart failure
Patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer or lymphoma who received chemotherapy treatment might be at risk of long-term side effects. We evaluated the association between a type of chemotherapy, called anthracyclines, and the risk of developing heart failure in patients with cancer. In this study, patients treated with anthracycline were more likely to have heart failure compared to controls.

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Larsen CM, Garcia Arango M, Dasari H, Arciniegas Calle M, Adjei E, Rico Mesa J, Scott CG, Thompson CA, Cerhan JR, Haddad TC, Goetz MP, Herrmann J, Villarraga HR. Association of Anthracycline With Heart Failure in Patients Treated for Breast Cancer or Lymphoma, 1985-2010. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Feb 1;6(2):e2254669. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.54669. Erratum in: JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Mar 1;6(3):e234015. PMID: 36735254; PMCID: PMC9898820.Next read: Taking cardiac fibrosis down with engineered immune cells by Joel G. Rurik , Jonathan A. Epstein
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