Scientists Show 'Miracle' Cancer Drug Gleevec Can Be Toxic To The Heart

... Gleevec, the wildly successful poster-child of a new generation of cancer drugs aimed at specific targets in the cancer cell, can be dangerous to the heart. Researchers have shown in studies in both mice and in heart cells in culture that Gleevec can cause heart failure. Not only that, scientists say, other similarly based drugs -- called tyrosine kinase inhibitors -- could lead to heart problems as well. ...