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Dexrazoxane: a second look. Prevention of anthracycline cardiotoxicity: useful for some patients. Prescrire international [Prescrire Int] Journal article

 
Dexrazoxane: a second look. Prevention of anthracycline cardiotoxicity: useful for some patients. [Journal Article]
Prescrire Int 2008 Oct; 17(97):195.


In patients treated with anthracyclines, the addition of dexrazoxane moderately reduces the risk of symptomatic heart failure. But dexrazoxane increases the haematological toxicity induced by chemotherapy and might also reduce its antitumour efficacy.



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