Letter C

Cisplatin

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called platinum compounds.

Cisplatin is used in the treatment of a wide range of malignancies, including advanced cancer of the ovary, testis, and bladder.

Cisplatin is given intravenously.

Its full chemical name is cis-dichlorodiammineplatinum

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