Study finds key metabolic changes in patients with chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity
(PHYSorg.com Medicine & Health)

More and more patients are being treated successfully for cancer. However, some cancer treatments that are very effective for breast cancer-medications like anthracyclines and trastuzumab-can cause heart dysfunction and lead to heart failure. Heart-related side effects can limit the amount of cancer therapy that patients are eligible to receive. Currently, there is no effective way of predicting which patients will develop heart dysfunction during or after receiving these medications.