Carboplatin Drug Is More Effective Than Radiation Therapy For Testicular Cancer
Treatment with chemotherapy drug Carboplatin is more effective and produces less toxic side// effects compared to radiation therapy for the treatment of testicular cancer. Professor Tim Oliver and colleagues from The London School of Medicine, UK has reported the results of their study in this week’s issue of The Lancet. 1477 patients with stage 1 seminoma from 70 hospitals in 14 coun...Carboplatin, Lung cancer drug may be useful in treating breast tumor
If breast cancer in women has occurred because of two common genetic mutations, it may be possible to seek remedy from a prevalent chemotherapy medication. Carboplatin, which is being used// to treat ovarian and lung cancers, is getting known for its success rates in treating breast tumors. British scientists have conducted a research on mice which has revealed that cancer cells wit...Cisplatin-very Effective Than Carboplatin in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Treatment
Some patients with advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have slightly higher survival rates when treated with the chemotherapy drug cisplatin than another platinum-based drug carboplatin, according to a study in the June 6 Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The authors conclude that cisplatin chemotherapy should remain the standard of care for these patients. Most clin...