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cisplatin

[¦sis′plat·ən]

(medicine)

A transition-metal complex that is used in the treatment of cancer, with particular effectiveness in the treatment of testicular and ovarian cancers; second- and third-generation variants of this drug have been developed to mitigate undesirable side effects.

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In this experiment TPA was again used to induce cell death DMSO was used as the negative control while CIS-Platinum (SIGMA product no.

THE ROLE OF NON-CANONICAL FUNCTION OF TELOMERASE ENZYME IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF KERATINOCYTE CARCINOGENESIS

SK-OV-3 cells are resistant to tumor necrosis factor and to several cytotoxic drugs including diphtheria toxin, cis-platinum, and adriamycin [1].

The use of antioxidants to suppress the SK-OV-3 cell line in ovarian cancer

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Diseno de Farmacos Anticancerosos Derivados de cis-Platino(II) mediante la tecnica QSAR, basada en el Funcional de la Densidad

"We know that cancer cells have high levels of Cdc7 activity and can evade some DNA-damaging therapies such as cis-Platinum through Rad18 and Pol eta activity.