“…The majority of the literature on the agent comprises case studies with only three controlled studies reporting encouraging results in association with anthracycline-related injuries (Lebredo et al, 1992;Svingen et al, 1981;Uzunoglu et al, 2013). Interestingly, there is a well conducted murine study questioning the effect of DMSO in doxorubicin extravasations (Dorr and Alberts, 1983), as well as two reporting toxicity issues following its administration (Creus et al, 2002;Llinares et al, 2005).…”