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2. Carboplatin - Wikipedia

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   Carboplatin, sold under the brand name Paraplatin among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat a number of forms of cancer. [3] This includes ovarian cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, brain cancer, and neuroblastoma. [3] It is used by injection into a vein. [3] Side effects generally occur. [3]

3. Treatment of lung cancer - Wikipedia

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   Other side effects of cisplatin include nausea and vomiting which usually necessitate premedication with antiemetic medications before infusion; ear damage (ototoxicity), which could manifest in varying levels of hearing loss; peripheral neuropathy; and bone marrow suppression (myelosuppression). [16] Carboplatin

4. Amivantamab - Wikipedia

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   In September 2024, the FDA approved amivantamab-vmjw with carboplatin and pemetrexed for adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R substitution mutations whose disease has progressed on or after treatment with an EGFR tyrosine ...

5. Platinum-based antineoplastic - Wikipedia

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   In this form of chemotherapy, commonly used drugs include cisplatin, oxaliplatin, and carboplatin, but several have been proposed or are under development. [1] Addition of platinum-based chemotherapy drugs to chemoradiation in women with early cervical cancer seems to improve survival and reduce risk of recurrence.

6. Chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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   Nausea and vomiting are two of the most feared cancer treatment-related side-effects for people with cancer and their families. In 1983, Coates et al. found that people receiving chemotherapy ranked nausea and vomiting as the first and second most severe side-effects, respectively. [98]

7. Drug shortages’ effects on cancer research may be felt for ...

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   A survey of major cancer centers published last month found that 93% couldn’t find enough carboplatin, and 70% had cisplatin shortages, according to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.