carboplatin

carboplatin
A drug that is used to treat symptoms of ovarian cancer that has come back after treatment with other anticancer drugs or to treat advanced ovarian cancer that has never been treated. It is also used together with other anticancer drugs to treat non-small cell lung cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Carboplatin is a form of cisplatin that causes fewer side effects in patients. It attaches to DNA (the molecules inside cells that carry genetic information and pass it from one generation to the next) and may cause cancer cells to die. It is a type of platinum compound.

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