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Cisplatin: What was your experience on this drug?

Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Dec 22, 2023 | Replies (25)
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@tjperry

Thank you for this tip! I had read about the potential hearing issues with Cisplatin but didn't know about carboplatin. After my 5 weeks of radiation/2 infusions of Cisplatin/one month off, I will receive 4 rounds of chemo (carbo/taxal). I will definitely let them know if I feel anything different with my hearing....THANK YOU!

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sallyr | @sallyr | Feb 3, 2023

People are working on how to lessen this hearing effect but so far not much progress. It's especially likely and hard on children with cancer who get a lot of cis platin, I understand. The focus on children may be why it doesn't show up in lists of side effects for adults. And carbo is supposed to be much better than cis. I'm in an ovarian cancer group and almost everybody gets carbo and taxol; only one other person said they had hearing issues.
So there's a good chance you'll be just fine.

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