Breast Cancer Drug Herceptin Raises Heart Risk, Especially For Those With Diabetes Or Heart Disease History

In a first study, researchers assessed the effect of the breast cancer drug trastuzumab (Herceptin) on heart and vascular function in elderly patients and discovered an increased risk of heart problems, particularly affecting women with a history of heart disease, diabetes or both. The study has been published in the cancer journal Annals of Oncology. Trastuzumab is the current standard treatment for women diagnosed with HER2 breast cancer (breast cancer prompting the protein HER2 on the surface of the cancer cells)...

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~3/q6DpAOBF7a8/232563.php

muscle health