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Anthracycline chemo raises heart failure risk.(Cardiovascular Medicined)

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| September 01, 2006 | Lowry, Fran | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

ATLANTA -- Postmenopausal women with breast cancer who undergo adjuvant chemotherapy with anthracycline have a significantly increased long-term risk of developing heart failure, researchers reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Women aged 66-70 who received anthracycline-based chemotherapy had a 38% higher risk of developing heart failure, compared with women of similar age treated with nonanthracycline chemotherapy regimens, said Dr. Sharon H. Giordano, professor of medicine at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.

Data are scant on the long-term cardiac safety of anthracycline chemotherapy in…

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