[Cardiooncology: Current Aspects of Prevention of Anthracycline Toxicity].

Anthracyclines including doxorubicin, epirubicin, daunorubicin, aclarubicin are extensively used as chemotherapeutic agents for treatment of hematological and other malignancies. In cancer therapy anthracyclines are often used in combinations with other chemotherapeutic drugs and agents for molecularly targeted therapy. Anthracyclines are effective and powerful antineoplastic drugs with wide spectrum of application but active use of preparations of this group is limited because of such side effects as cardiotoxicity, myelotoxicity, thromboembolism, alopecia, etc.