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Treatment strategies for patients with breast cancer, especially the combination of anthracyclines and HER2-targeted therapies, come with an increased risk of heart…

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Treatment strategies for patients with breast cancer, especially the combination of anthracyclines and HER2-targeted therapies, come with an increased risk of heart failure and cardiac toxicity.1 To prevent patients with breast cancer from also becoming patients with heart disease, primary prevention and cardiovascular surveillance strategies must be in place over the course of treatment, according to Mandar Aras, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine and cardiology at the University of California,…

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