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Capecitabine-mediated heart failure in colorectal cancer: a case series

BACKGROUND: Capecitabine is a pyrimidine antimetabolite that inhibits thymidylate synthase and is commonly used in the treatment of colorectal cancer. Adverse cardiac side effects are reported in 1–18% of patients receiving Capecitabine. The most commonly proposed mechanism of cardiotoxicity in the...

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Autores principales: McAndrew, Erin N, Jassal, Davinder S, Goldenberg, Benjamin A, Kim, Christina A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7936921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33709051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytab079