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ArticleThe oncologist2010

Dexrazoxane as a cardioprotectant in children receiving anthracyclines.

Dana M Sepe, Jill P Ginsberg, Frank M Balis

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Article in The oncologist, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dana M SepeDivision of Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. sepe@email.chop.edu
Jill P Ginsberg
Frank M Balis
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anthracyclines play a critical role in the treatment of a variety of childhood cancers. However, the cumulative cardiotoxic effects of anthracyclines limit the use of these agents in many treatment regimens. Dexrazoxane is a cardioprotectant that significantly reduces the incidence of adverse cardiac events in women with advanced breast cancer treated with doxorubicin-containing regimens. Clinical evidence for the efficacy of dexrazoxane as a cardioprotectant in children, especially from randomized clinical trials, is limited, but the available data support a short-term cardioprotective effect. Long-term follow-up in children treated with dexrazoxane has not been reported. Dexrazoxane's impact on the antitumor effect and toxicity profile of the anthracyclines and the role of dexrazoxane in the development of secondary malignant neoplasms in patients who received dexrazoxane are reviewed. Based on the available data, dexrazoxane appears to be a safe and effective cardioprotectant in children, and it does not appear to alter overall survival times in children with cancer. Continued follow-up from previous trials is needed to determine the long-term effect of dexrazoxane on cardiac outcomes and quality of life.

Indexed as

AdolescentAnthracyclinesAntineoplastic AgentsArrhythmias, CardiacCardiomyopathiesCardiotonic AgentsChildChild, PreschoolHeart FailureHumansRazoxaneRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultAnthracyclinesAntineoplastic AgentsCardiotonic AgentsRazoxane

Identifiers

PMID21051660
PMCPMC3227904
OpenAlexW2135890654

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