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
• Still, by May, the practice was without carboplatin for 12 days and cisplatin for eight days, Dr. Gordan said.
  — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 26 June 2023
• 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
• In fact, shortages of generic medications are not limited to cisplatin and carboplatin.3 But cancer drugs are among the hardest hit.
  — Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 June 2023
• The differences between carboplatin and cisplatin Carboplatin and cisplatin have both been in use for decades.
  — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 16 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 chemotherapy was a drug called pemetrexed, plus either carboplatin or cisplatin.
  — Denise Grady, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• Tan’s hospital faces a shortage of Pluvicto and cisplatin.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 11 Apr. 2023
• She was given a cocktail of cisplatin, a drug containing platinum that was approved in 1978, and Alimta (pemetrexed).
  — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Turning platinum into cisplatin is a challenging process, Gupton said.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC news, 11 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Aging and noise are the leading causes; among the others are the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, the aminoglycoside family of antibiotics, and various autoimmune diseases, including the one that deafened (but didn’t silence) Rush Limbaugh.
  — David Owen, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2017
• The Biden administration has taken steps to address the crisis, in some cases successfully: Doctors say that shortages of two cancer drugs, carboplatin and cisplatin, have eased significantly in recent weeks.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024