How to Use cisplatin in a Sentence

cisplatin

noun
  • Two of the drugs in short supply are carboplatin and cisplatin.
    — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • Carboplatin and cisplatin are used in combination to treat many types of cancer.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 26 June 2024
  • For example, the cancer drug cisplatin is more effective and less toxic if it’s given in the evening.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2012
  • The chemotherapy was a drug called pemetrexed, plus either carboplatin or cisplatin.
    — Denise Grady, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Turning platinum into cisplatin is a challenging process, Gupton said.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC news, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The differences between carboplatin and cisplatin Carboplatin and cisplatin have both been in use for decades.
    — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Two main chemotherapy drugs, cisplatin and carboplatin, are deployed as frontline medicines in cocktails used to shrink or eliminate tumors.
    — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 26 June 2023
  • Subsequent experiments showed that cisplatin could inhibit the growth of cancer cells both in cell cultures and in animal models.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • More than a dozen cancer drugs have been in shortage in recent months, including cisplatin and carboplatin, used to treat lung, breast, prostate and gynecologic cancers.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • To ease shortage, the FDA allows chemotherapy drug cisplatin to be imported from China.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 16 July 2023
  • The example of cisplatin and the relative lack of exploration of heavy metal drugs for therapies spurred the search for a botulinum antidote, Janda said.
    — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 May 2017
  • Side effects and resistance The action of cisplatin, however, is not entirely selective for cancer cells.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • It is not yet known whether the FDA will use this strategy for other cancer medications, outside of cisplatin and carboplatin.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 5 June 2023
  • Other drugs include cisplatin (a chemotherapy drug), diuretics (water pills), and salicylates (pain and fever reducers).
    — Yuliya Klochan, Health, 19 June 2024
  • She was given a cocktail of cisplatin, a drug containing platinum that was approved in 1978, and Alimta (pemetrexed).
    — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
  • But cisplatin, which has been limited since February, is often used as a substitute for carboplatin and visa versa ‒ so limited access to both creates problems.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • Drugs that interact with zinc include certain antibiotics, penicillamine used for Wilson's disease and rheumatoid arthritis and the cancer treatment cisplatin.
    — Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
  • According to Pilz, even the fact that carboplatin and cisplatin are sterile injections could be contributing to the issue because of the number of steps that are involved in manufacturing these drugs.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 June 2023
  • Thus, cisplatin is often used in combination with other anticancer agents to limit the development of drug resistance and enhance treatment effectiveness.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • By delivering tiny doses of cisplatin and docetaxel right to cancerous cells, the mini messengers will significantly reduce the pain and side effects of today's treatments.
    — Pm Editors, Popular Mechanics, 10 Dec. 2012
  • Both surveys focused mostly on two platinum drugs, carboplatin and cisplatin, that are prescribed to treat multiple cancer types, including lung, breast, prostate, and gynecologic cancers, as well as many leukemias and lymphomas.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The National Cancer Institute said cisplatin and similar drugs are prescribed for 10% to 20% of all cancer patients.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The National Cancer Institute said cisplatin and similar drugs are prescribed for 10% to 20% of all cancer patients.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • The high school football coach and guidance counselor was suddenly unable to receive his medication cisplatin, one of numerous chemotherapy drugs impacted by the ongoing nationwide shortage.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 6 May 2024
  • The Washington Post reported the problem originated at a plant in India that was producing half of America's supply of cisplatin.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 29 June 2023
  • Cancer biology research in the 1960s led to the discovery of cisplatin, a chemotherapy prescribed to 10% to 20% of cancer patients.
    — Zeynep Hasgül, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Unfortunately, the agents in shortest supply are some of the most effective anticancer drugs ever developed, such as cisplatin and carboplatin, which are administered as part of curative treatment regimens for many cancers.
    — WSJ, 30 May 2023
  • 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
  • Resistance to cisplatin can develop when cancer cells become more effective at repairing DNA damage or adapt to reduce drug uptake or to increase drug efflux (their ability to actively pump the drug out of the cell).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • The 2011 winner, American Shree Bose, discovered a way to prevent cancer cells from becoming resistant to the chemotherapy drug, cisplatin.
    — Helene McLaughlin, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2012

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