Drug
CV complication
Percentage
Dosage
Alemtuzumab
Hypotension, heart failure
Rare
Arsenic trioxide
QT prolongation
26–93 %
Axitinib
Hypertension
4–16 %
Bevacizumab
Thromboembolic arterial complications
12 %
CHF
1.7–3 %
Hypertension
4–35 %
Ischemia
0.6–1.5 %
Bortezomib
CHF
2–5 %
Busulfan
Endomyocardial fibrosis, pericardial effusions
>600 mg
Capecitabine
Ischemia less frequent than 5-FU
3–9 %
Cetuximab
Hypotension (during reaction: bronchospasm, stridor, urticaria)
Cyclophosphamide [1–3]
Pericardial effusions, heart failure, and myopericarditis
7–28 %
>100–120 mg/kg
Patients undergoing autologous or allogeneic HSCT
5–10 %
Cisplatin
Heart failure
8 %
>400 mg/m2
Thromboembolic complications (venous thromboembolism)
18 %
Cytarabine ARA-C
Pericarditis, heart failure in association with cyclophosphamide
Clofarabine
CHF transient
27 %
Dasatinib
CHF
2–4 %
Pericarditis
Rare
QT prolongation
<1–3 %
Docetaxel
CHF
2.3–8 %
Ischemia
1.7 %
Doxorubicin
Heart failure
3–26 %
400 mg/mq
Heart failure
18–48 %
550 mg/mq
Dovitinib
No data
Epirubicin [4]
Heart failure
0.9–3.3 %
>800 mg/m2
Clinically overt cardiotoxicity
6 %
Subclinical CHF
18 %
Everolimus
No relevant cardiotoxicity
Erlotinib
Venous thromboembolism
3.9–11 %
Ischemia
2.3 %
5-Fluorouracil
Ischemia or severe ventricular arrhythmias
1–68 %
Gemcitabine
No cardiotoxicity
Idarubicin
Heart failure
5–18 %
Ifosfamide
CHF
17 %
>12.5 g/m2
Imatinib
CHF
0.5–1.7 %
300 mg/d
Il-2
Hypotension
Rare
Interferon alfa
Hypotension
Rare
Lapatinib
QT prolongation
16 %
CHF
1.5–2.2 %
Lenalidomide
Venous thromboembolism
1–58 %
Liposomal anthracyclines
Heart failure
2 %
Mitomycin C
Heart failure
3 %
Mitoxantrone
Heart failure
2.6 %
>150 mg/mq
Nilotinib
QT prolongation
1–10 %
Paclitaxel
Bradycardia
<1–31 %
Ischemia
<1–5 %
Pazopanib
Hypertension, heart failure
Pentostatin
Heart failure
Rare
Raltitrexed [5]
No cardiotoxicity, alone or in combination with irinotecan or oxaliplatin, good option in patients that experienced cardiotoxicity with 5-FUO or capecitabine
Retinoic acid
Heart failure, pericardial effusion, hypotension
Rare
Rituximab
Hypotension, angioedema
Sorafenib
Ischemia
2.7–3 %
Hypertension
17–43 %
Sunitinib
Hypertension
5–47 %
Systolic and diastolic dysfunction, heart failure
1.7–3 %
Tamoxifen
Thromboembolic complications
Tivozanib
No data
Trastuzumab [1]
CHF and LVD
2–28 %
Vandetanib
QTc prolongation
<3 %
Vinca alkaloids
Myocardial ischemia
Vorinostat
QT prolongation
3.5–6 %
Venous thromboembolism
4.7–8 %
Table 7.2
What cancer/what possible drug/what possible complication: breast
Cancer type | Possible drug | Possible complication |
---|---|---|
5-Fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide followed by trastuzumab [1] | Heart failure, ischemia | |
Docetaxel + cyclophosphamide + methotrexate + 5-FO [2, 3] | Ischemia, heart failure | |
Paclitaxel, [4] trastuzumab, [5, 6] bevacizumab, gemcitabine, lapatinib, capecitabine, mitoxantrone, etoposide; letrozole, fadrozole, vorozole, formestane, exemestane, anastrozole [7] | Thromboembolic complications, ischemia, heart failure, hypertension, bradycardia | |
Tamoxifen [8] | Thromboembolic complications |
Table 7.3
What cancer/what possible drug/what possible complication: bladder
Cancer type | Possible drug | Possible complication |
---|---|---|
Cisplatin, methotrexate, vinblastine [1, 2] | Heart failure, ischemia | |
Paclitaxel, cisplatin, gemcitabine [3] | Heart failure, ischemia, bradycardia, thromboembolic complications | |
Doxorubicin, epirubicin, paclitaxel, docetaxel, oxaliplatin, topotecan, lapatinib, gefitinib, bortezomib, vinflunine | Heart failure, ischemia, bradycardia, thromboembolic complications, prolong QT |
Table 7.4
What cancer/what possible drug/what possible complication: gastrointestinal
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