Galectin-3 and Risk for Cancer or Heart Failure: Does Sex Matter?

Iacopo Fabiani¹, Michela Chianca², Michele Emdin^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
² Health Science Interdisciplinary Center, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.

Editorial

Iacopo Fabiani et al. JACC CardioOncol. 2023.

. 2023 Aug 15;5(4):454-456.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2023.06.001. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Iacopo Fabiani¹, Michela Chianca², Michele Emdin^{1

2}

¹ Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Fondazione Toscana Gabriele Monasterio, Pisa, Italy.
² Health Science Interdisciplinary Center, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: cancer; cardiotoxicity; galectin-3; gender issue; heart failure.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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