Cesar Serrano, M.D., from the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, and colleagues examined the cardiac safety profile of trastuzumab in 45 elderly patients with breast cancer and a mean age of 75.9 years in a routine clinical practice. Data from the records of patients treated with
Date: Aug 12, 2011
Category: Health
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Breast cancer drug raises risk of heart problems in older women
selected population of elderly breast cancer patients," study author Dr. Cesar Serrano, who conducted the research while working as a clinical fellow at the Department of Medical Oncology Breast Cancer Centre at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain, said in a journal news release.