Early Diastolic Dysfunction after Cancer Chemotherapy: Primary Endpoint Results of a Multicenter Cardio-Oncology Study.

Asymptomatic diastolic dysfunction (DD) with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is suspected to precede late cardiac events in cancer survivors treated by chemotherapy. We conducted the first multicenter study of early DD induced by chemotherapy. Patients who were candidates for standard dose chemotherapy were screened for the absence of cardiovascular risk factors, LVEF ≥50%, normal-for-age diastolic function at echocardiography (E/A ratio, E wave deceleration time; DT), normal levels of potential DD biomarkers like Nt-proBNP (≤125 pg/mL), and cardiac troponin I (cTnI, ≤0.

Standard- versus high-dose lenograstim in adults with hematologic malignancies for peripheral blood progenitor cell mobilization.

Background: The aim of this retrospective, multicenter study was to compare high- versus standard-dose lenograstim after chemotherapy in collecting target dose of CD34+ peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPCs) in adult candidates for autologous transplant.

Study Design And Methods: A total of 166 consecutive patients (28 acute leukemias [ALs], 77 lymphomas, 61 multiple myeloma [MM]) underwent 182 mobilization procedures. Only the first were analyzed.

Troponin-T and myoglobin plus echocardiographic evaluation for monitoring early cardiotoxicity of weekly epirubicin-paclitaxel in metastatic breast cancer patients.

Increased serum level of troponin-T and myoglobin has been recently reported to be related to cumulative anthracycline exposure. Left ventricular ejection fraction seems accurate in monitoring systolic function according to the latest version of Toxicity Criteria by chemotherapeutics 3.0.