Risk of thromboembolism in cisplatin versus carboplatin-treated patients with lung cancer.

Carboplatin is widely used to treat lung cancer in the United States as an alternative to cisplatin. Several studies have demonstrated that cisplatin-based regimen is associated with a high frequency of thromboembolic complications. However, there has been limited investigation directly comparing th...

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Main Authors: Eric S Kim, Andrea M Baran, Esther L Mondo, Thomas D Rodgers, Gradon C Nielsen, David W Dougherty, Kishan J Pandya, David Q Rich, Edwin van Wijngaarden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5724847?pdf=render