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5-FU-induced cardiac toxicity - an underestimated problem in radiooncology?

BACKGROUND: 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) is an antimetabolite, which is frequently used as chemotherapeutic agent for combined chemoradiotherapy. The purpose of this study was to present the clinical course of three patients who developed severe cardiac toxicity by 5-FU and to give a review of the literatu...

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Autores principales: Steger, Felix, Hautmann, Matthias G, Kölbl, Oliver
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3551828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23241239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-7-212