Figure 1: Cisplatin injection used to treat cancer

What is cisplatin?

Cisplatin is extremely important in the medical field as a drug approved by the FDA to treat bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, testicular cancer, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, cervical cancer, malignant mesothelioma, and non-small cell lung cancer. This is obviously an extremely important chemotherapy drug in the fight against a variety of serious cancers. The brand name for this drug is Platinol and is used in hospitals and cancer treatment centers across the world. Cisplatin works by binding to DNA to interfere with cellular growth, stopping cancer cells. Although there are side effects associated with this powerful medicine, cisplatin is a lifesaving drug that is indispensable in the treatment of life-threatening cancers.

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