title: Recent updates in the clinical use of platinum compounds for the treatment of lung, breast, and genitourinary tumors and myeloma.
abstract: Platinum compounds have shown activity in a broad spectrum of human tumors in vitro and in vivo. The clinical utility of platinum agents in gynecologic and gastrointestinal cancers (particularly oxaliplatin in colorectal cancer) has been well documented and platinum agents continue to be evaluated in a variety of other cancers. Given preclinical evidence of synergy among some platinum compounds and new anticancer agents, clinical trials exploring platinum-based combination therapies may yield improved treatment for a variety of malignancies. Recent clinical data on new chemotherapeutic strategies for the treatment of lung, breast, and genitourinary cancers and myeloma will be presented in this review.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. cpb4@pitt.edu <cpb4@pitt.edu>
authors.forename: Chandra P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Belani
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000188:drug therapy; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000188:drug therapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017671:Platinum Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D017671:Platinum Compounds; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors