Editing Cisplatin (section)

==Medical use==
Cisplatin is administered [[intravenously]] as short-term infusion in normal saline for treatment of solid and haematological malignancies. It is used to treat various types of cancers, including [[sarcoma]]s, some [[carcinoma]]s (e.g., [[lung cancer|small cell lung cancer]], [[squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck]] and [[ovarian cancer]]), [[lymphoma]]s, [[bladder cancer]], [[cervical cancer]],<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[National Cancer Institute]] |title=Cisplatin |date=2 March 2007 |url=http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cisplatin |access-date=2014-11-13 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008032500/http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/cisplatin |archive-date=8 October 2014 }}</ref> and [[germ cell tumor]]s.

The introduction of cisplatin as a standard treatment for testicular cancer improved remission rates from 5–10% before 1974 to 75–85% by 1984.<ref name="Treatment of testicular cancer: a n">{{cite journal | vauthors = Einhorn LH | title = Treatment of testicular cancer: a new and improved model | journal = Journal of Clinical Oncology | volume = 8 | issue = 11 | pages = 1777–81 | date = November 1990 | pmid = 1700077 | doi = 10.1200/JCO.1990.8.11.1777 }}</ref>