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Volume 339:900-905 September 24, 1998 Number 13
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Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy
Pawan K. Singal, D.Sc., and Natasha Iliskovic, M.D.

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Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) has been used in oncologic practice since the late 1960s. It held promise as a powerful drug in the fight against cancer. The tumors most commonly responding to doxorubicin when it is given as a single agent or in combination with other antitumor agents include breast and esophageal carcinomas; osteosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, and soft-tissue sarcomas; and Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Other cancers that are less responsive to doxorubicin but that are still treated with the drug because of its overall benefits include gastric, liver, bile-duct, pancreatic, and endometrial carcinomas. However, reports of fatal cardiotoxic effects of doxorubicin have . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Cause

Diagnosis

Physical Examination

Electrocardiography

Echocardiography and Angiocardiography

Endomyocardial Biopsy

Management

Prevention

            Use of Analogues and "Cocktails"

            Alternative Approaches to Drug Delivery

            Cardioprotective Agents

Treatment

Future Prospects

Conclusions


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From the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, and the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man., Canada.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Singal at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, 351 Tache Ave., Rm. R3022, Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6, Canada.

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N Engl J Med 1999; 340:653-655, Feb 25, 1999. Correspondence

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