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ReviewCurrent treatment options in oncology2019

QT Interval Prolongation Associated With Cytotoxic and Targeted Cancer Therapeutics.

Sanjay Chandrasekhar, Michael G Fradley

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Review in Current treatment options in oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Arrhythmias in oncological patients: a compact overview for the clinician.Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie · 2024
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  12. Cardio-oncology Training in the COVID-19 Era.Current treatment options in oncology · 2021
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  13. Electrophysiology Translational Considerations in Cardio-Oncology: QT and Beyond.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sanjay ChandrasekharCardio-Oncology Program, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Dr., MCB-CPT, Tampa, FL, 33612-9416, USA.
Michael G FradleyCardio-Oncology Program, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Dr., MCB-CPT, Tampa, FL, 33612-9416, USA. mfradley@health.usf.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementCardiovascular toxicities are potentially serious treatment limiting complications of many different cancer therapeutics including traditional cytotoxic chemotherapies as well as targeted- and immunotherapies. As a result, there is increased monitoring for cancer treatment-related cardiotoxicities, ranging from heart failure to arrhythmias. Many anticancer treatments are known to prolong the QT interval through a variety of mechanisms including direct effects on ion channels and indirectly via intracellular signaling pathways. While QT prolongation increases the risk for the potentially life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia torsades de pointes, the incidence of this arrhythmia in the setting of most cancer treatments is quite rare, and the majority of patients can continue safely receiving these medications despite their QT prolonging potential. A multidisciplinary approach to the cardiovascular care of the cancer patient is essential to mitigate risk of cardiotoxicity while minimizing unnecessary treatment disruption of potentially life-saving cancer treatments.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCardiotoxicityHumansLong QT SyndromeMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasmsPrognosisRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAntineoplastic AgentsArrhythmiasCardio-oncologyCardiotoxicityQT prolongation

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