Cisplatin

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• Synonyms

  • Cis-platin
  • cytotoxic
  • Chemotheraputic drug

• Effects

  • Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia
  • Drug nephrotoxicity
  • Acquired Fanconi syndrome

• Parents

  • Alkylating agent

• Treats

  • Small cell carcinoma of lung
  • Seminoma
  • Teratoma
  • Mesothelioma
  • Invasive transitional cell cancer of urinary tract
  • Cervical cancer
  • Squamous cell carcinoma of lung
  • Bronchioalveolar carcinoma
  • Squamous cell pharyngeal carcinoma
  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
  • Squamous cell carcinoma of larynx