Table 1.
Milestones in Oncocardiology
Year | Milestones |
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1963 | Discovery of daunorubicin (1st anthracycline)1,2 |
1966 | Early report of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxic effects3 |
1977 | Anthracycline cardiotoxic effects is dependent on the cumulative dose4,63 |
1980 | Efforts to reduce anthracycline-induced cardiotoxic effects through dose limitation, chemical protection, change in formulation, or change in delivery schedule64 |
1998 | Early report of trastuzumab (herceptin)-induced cardiotoxic effects24 |
2007 | Reports of multikinase inhibitors causing hypertension, heart failure, vascular occlusion40 |
2012 | Discovery of Topoisomerase IIβ as the molecular basis of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxic effects15 |