Cisplatin: impact of a new anticancer agent on current therapeutic strategies.
This brief overview illustrates the role of cisplatin in current cancer chemotherapy. This new agent is increasingly utilized in first line regimens for a variety of tumor types notably testicular, head and neck and bladder cancer. Large scale investigations are taking place to evaluate these regimens in combined modality approaches to early stages of these diseases.
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002945:Cisplatin