cisplatin
noun
cis·plat·in
(ˌ)sis-ˈpla-tᵊn 
: a platinum-containing antineoplastic drug Cl2H6N2Pt used especially in the treatment of testicular and ovarian tumors and advanced bladder cancer
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The control group received only chemoradiotherapy, a standard process that included treatment with radiation and the drug cisplatin.
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Sam Tupper, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Examples of these chemotherapy drugs include cisplatin, carboplatin, and oxaliplatin.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 22 Sep. 2024
In response, the firm shuttered the facility, creating a national shortage of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2024
But in that previous survey, 72% of centers reported a shortage of the chemotherapy medication carboplatin, and 59% reported a shortage of cisplatin.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 26 June 2024
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Sam Tupper, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
Examples of these chemotherapy drugs include cisplatin, carboplatin, and oxaliplatin.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 22 Sep. 2024
In response, the firm shuttered the facility, creating a national shortage of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 6 Sep. 2024
But in that previous survey, 72% of centers reported a shortage of the chemotherapy medication carboplatin, and 59% reported a shortage of cisplatin.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 26 June 2024
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cisplatin
noun
cis·plat·in
ˈsis-ˌplat-ᵊn
: a platinum-containing antineoplastic drug Cl2H6N2Pt that functions as an alkylating agent, produces crosslinks in DNA between and within strands, and is used especially as a palliative therapy in testicular and ovarian tumors and in advanced bladder cancer see platinol
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