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ArticleCase reports in oncology

Gemcitabine-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Patients Receiving Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Series.

Salma Alam, Chidi Illo, Yuk Ting Ma, Pankaj Punia

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Article in Case reports in oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Salma AlamQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Chidi IlloQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Yuk Ting MaSchool of Cancer Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Pankaj PuniaQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham · GBUniversity of Birmingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gemcitabine is not considered a cardiotoxic agent generally; so far only very few case reports have been reported in the literature on different aspects of cardiac side effects. Here we report a case series of 3 patients who developed congestive cardiac failure, when treated with gemcitabine monotherapy in the adjuvant setting for pancreatic cancers. Adjuvant chemotherapy with gemcitabine has been the standard of care for pancreatic cancer patients after successful surgery since the results of the CONKO-001 and ESPAC3 study were published. Gemcitabine was administered on days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28-day cycle at 1,000 mg/m

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CardiotoxicityGemcitabinePancreatic cancer

Identifiers

PMID29805372
PMCPMC5968243
OpenAlexW2796253999

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