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Incretin-Based Therapies in Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity: A Systematic Review of GLP-1 and Dual GIP/GLP-1 Agonists.

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GLP-1 and GIP/GLP-1 agonists show consistent cardioprotective effects (LV EF improvement ~7-20%) in chronic doxorubicin rodent models via anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptotic mechanisms; no eligible human studies found. This record was retained from the prior triage attempt for PubMed pipeline handoff.

What the study was

Study design
systematic review (PRISMA 2020, 13 rodent studies, no human studies identified)
Category
cardiovascular_metabolic
Maturity
Validated
Journal
Cardiovasc Toxicol

Why it surfaced

Timely systematic review of GLP-1 agonist cardioprotection from doxorubicin cardiotoxicity—a clinically urgent question given GLP-1 drug class expansion and cancer-cardiology overlap—though evidence remains exclusively preclinical.

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