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Minerva Cardioangiol
; 47(7-8): 269-73, 1999.
Artigo
em Italiano
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10582438
RESUMO
The most common toxicity in clinical trials with 5-FU, in mono or polychemotherapy, is stomatitis, diarrhea, hand-foot syndrome. In this case report, the 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) cardiotoxicity, an uncommon 5-FU-related toxicity, has been investigated. Cardiotoxicity reports are uncommon because the problem is not well known. This study is also a review of the recent literature and it recommend to take care in prescribing chemotherapy to patients with heart disease history.