A Prospective Cohort Study on Cardiotoxicity of Adjuvant Trastuzumab Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients

Abstract Background: Cardiotoxicity is an important side effect of trastuzumab therapy and cardiac surveillance is recommended. Objectives: The aim of our study was to prospectively assess baseline patients' characteristics, level of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and ec...

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Main Authors: Erika Matos, Borut Jug, Rok Blagus, Branko Zakotnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2016-01-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2016005016102&lng=en&tlng=en