A search for protection against chemotherapy cardiotoxicity

Researchers at the University of Grenoble, in France, have discovered that erythropoietin administration prevents acute cardiotoxic effects induced by doxorubicin and trastuzumab exposures. The research article describing this work entitled “Erythropoietin pretreatment protects against acute chemotherapy toxicity in isolated rat hearts” will be featured in the January 2008 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine.