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Immunotherapy may treat heart failure from ‘red devil chemo’

Ali Javaheri, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine
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Doxorubicin has been a mainstay in cancer treatment for more than 50 years. Sometimes called “red devil chemo,” it is potent and effective against many cancer types. But it comes with a major downside — increased risk of severe heart failure, even decades after successful cancer treatment.