Friday, August 31, 2012

Trastuzumab Increases Congestive Heart Failure Risk

Breast cancer patients treated with trastuzumab chemotherapy are at an increased risk for heart failure and/or cardiomyopathy (HF/CM) compared to women not treated with chemotherapy, according to a study published August 30 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers found in the U.S., with over 232,000 new diagnoses reported in 2011...

via Medical News Today

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