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1. Introduction

It has been about 50 years since the serendipitous revolutionary discovery of cisplatin, and it is still very frequently used in chemotherapy [1], remaining the gold standard for solid tumors [2]. Cisplatin is a potent cytostatic drug, belonging to the group of alkylating agents [3], recently also used in genetic studies to predict disease recurrence [4,5]. However, the use is limited by the well-known severe acute and chronic nephro-, oto-, and peripheral neurotoxicity it causes [6,7,8]. For this reason, numerous platin derivatives were further developed with varying degrees of success, but only two of them were approved for clinical use worldwide [9,10,11,12]. They are summarized in Table 1. In 1979, Bristol-Myers Squibb licensed carboplatin, a second-generation platinum drug with fewer side effects, and the third-generation platinum compound oxaliplatin, which was first approved in 2002 under the name of Eloxatin®, as a second-line agent for advanced colorectal cancer. Cisplatin, carboplatin, and oxalilplatin are now registered worldwide. Then, two other platin-based drugs received approval, namely nedaplatin (Aqupla®) in Japan (the first injectable platinum antineoplastic agent to be developed in that country), and lobaplatin, approved in China for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer, small cell lung cancer, and chronic myeloid leukemia [13]. Heptaplatin, often known by its brand name Eptaplatin or Sunpla, is a third-generation platinum drug approved by Korea in 1999 for treatment of solid colorectal tumor [14]. However, the drug also showed significant cytotoxicity, leading to serious adverse effects such alopecia, mucositis, thrombocytopenia, and myelosuppression [15]. Lobaplatin can be viewed as a derivative of heptaplatin in which a cyclobutane ring is fused to the seven-membered chelate ring instead of a functionalised dioxolane. It is a diastereomeric mixture of platinum(II) complexes [16]. Then, picoplatin was designed with the aim to treat cisplatin-resistant cancers to overcome resistance due to interaction with thiol-containing molecules. Chemically, it is a sterically hindered Pt(II) complex with antineoplastic properties. It alkylates DNA via inter- and intrastrand crosslinkages, thus leading to the inhibition of DNA replication and transcription, and inducing apoptosis [17]. However, in phase III clinical trials for advanced cell lung cancer, it failed. It is now under clinical study for other cancer types, such as metastatic colorectal cancer [18]. Other efforts were also made to find new orally administered analogs, leading to satraplatin, a Pt(IV) derivative, bearing two axial acetate groups. Satraplatin showed clinical progress but was not approved by FDA because it did not sufficiently extend the overall survival, yet it has shown a very different toxicity profile than cisplatin. Then, iproplatin, another Pt(IV) derivative, is one of the most clinically studied platinum compounds to have not been yet approved for marketing. The 38 clinical trials ranging from phase I to III conducted on iproplatin did not lead to its marketing approval, as these investigations ultimately concluded that the complex did not demonstrate overall effectiveness superior to that of cisplatin or carboplatin. Ormaplatin (or tetraplatin), tetrachloro(1,2-diaminocyclohexane)platinum(IV), was developed due to a changed toxicity profile and non-cross resistance to cisplatin. Due to significant neurotoxicity it caused at the maximum tolerated dose, ormaplatin did not advance to phase II clinical trials. In 2009, miriplatin, a Pt(II) derivative, was licensed by the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency of Japan for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma [19]. Miriplatin is a lipophilic platinum complex, slightly soluble in both water and organic solvents, which is used in transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) [20,21,22]. On the highest tolerated dosage, ormaplatin was seen to cause severe neurotoxicity, and in certain instances, a nontoxic highest-tolerated dosage could not be established [23,24]. Nonetheless, cisplatin remains the first-line therapy for many cancers such as breast, ovarian, testicular, head and neck, bladder, or lung cancers [25]. Although platinum therapy alone is effective against many tumors, cancer cells can adapt to the treatment and gain resistance [26]. Despite the side effects, including the emergence of drug resistance, researchers have so far not found a drug that replaces cisplatin, but typically aim to combine it with other drugs, including natural products [27,28,29], to reduce side effects and/or increase its effectiveness [30]. In this review, the history of cisplatin is briefly summarized, along with the most common uses of this drug, particularly highlighting its usefulness and the need for its use as a life-saving drug in solid cancers.

2. History of Cisplatin: An “Accidental” Discovery

Cisplatin, or cis-diamminedichloridoplatinum(II) (cis-[PtCl2(NH3)2], DDP), is a platinum metal-based anticancer drug that was first synthesized in 1845, and described as “Peyrone’s salt” or “Peyrone’s chloride” [31]. The first studies of this compound as an anticancer drug date back to 1965. At that time, it was thought that platinum did not have biological activity. The research group of Dr. Barnett Rosenberg was studying the effects of an electric field on the growth of bacteria. They placed platinum electrodes in a solution containing the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli and activated the power [32]. As the current started, the bacterial cells stopped the division, although they continued to grow to up to 300 times their normal length. When the current was stopped, the bacterial cells started to divide again. Thus, the electrical field was supposed to control cell division. Dr. Rosenberg later called this experiment the “accidental discovery that led eventually to cisplatin.” Dr. Rosenberg and his colleagues thought to have found a way to control cell growth with electrical currents, bearing in mind that the platinum-conducting plates were able to induce cell growth while inhibiting cell division. They tried to discover why the electrical field had such a serious effect. After two years, they realized that electricity was not the cause of it. Cell division was not stopped by the electric field, but by a platinum compound released by the electrodes. Thus, Rosenberg hypothesized that, in the same way as bacteria, cisplatin could stop tumor cell growth, which was later confirmed. Indeed, in 1978, six years after clinical trials carried out by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Bristol-Myers-Squibb, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved cisplatin under the name of Platinol® (Bristol-Myers-Squibb; Princeton, NJ) for the therapy of bladder cancer and metastatic ovarian and testicular cancer combined with other drugs [33]. It triggers malignant cell death by binding to nuclear DNA, which appears to be the ultimate target.

3. Mechanism of Action of Cisplatin in Cancer

After absorption in cancer cells, cisplatin interacts with cellular molecules, thus exerting its cytotoxic effects through binding to DNA and forming intra-strand DNA adducts finally leading to the inhibition of DNA synthesis and cell growth [34]. Cisplatin is activated following its entrance into the cytoplasm, replacing chloride atoms with water molecules, forming an electrophile with affinity for -SH groups of proteins and nitrogen donor atoms of nucleic acids [35]. The selective binding of cisplatin with 1,2-intrastrand crosslinks of purine bases triggers cell division arrest and induces cell death by apoptosis. The key molecular mechanism of action is the induction of intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of apoptosis resulting from the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) through lipid peroxidation, activation of different signal transduction pathways, induction of p53 signaling and cell cycle arrest, upregulation of pro-apoptotic genes/proteins, and downregulation of proto-oncogenes and anti-apoptotic genes/proteins [36]. The most usual cisplatin-DNA adduct formed by covalent binding has been observed at the N7 positions of the imidazole ring of two adjacent guanines, and also to adenosine residues, causing an unwinding and bending of the DNA [37]. Inter- and intrastrand crosslinks and nonfunctional adducts were suggested to contribute to cisplatin toxicity [38]. However, cisplatin, as well as all cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs, such as platinum-based drugs, display severe adverse effects due to the poor selectivity for cancerous cells over normal cells.

4. Side Effects of Cisplatin

Platinum-based chemotherapeutic agents, including cisplatin, are widely used in cancer treatment. However, their indiscriminate action often affects both cancerous and normal cells, leading to severe adverse effects (Figure 1). Common adverse reactions/events of cisplatin are represented by neurotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, hepatotoxicity, ototoxicity; myelosuppression: thrombocytopenia, neutropenia, leukopenia, cardiotoxicity, and gastrointestinal toxicity [39]. Moreover, cisplatin-induced encephalopathy has been suggested, even though it is unusual, and the majority of individuals recover completely without consequences [40]. Several studies are aimed at reducing the toxicity of cisplatin, such as the use of natural products, including papaverine [41] ginsenosides [42], terpenes (rosiridin) [43], berberrubine [44], flavonoids [45], and lutein [46]; and various drugs, including cimetidine—an H2 receptor antagonist [47], acalabrutinib—a tyrosine kinase inhibitor [48], irosustat—a first-generation, irreversible steroid sulfatase inhibitor [49], olaparib—a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor [50], N-acetylcysteine [51], and deferiprone—an iron chelator [52]. Further complicating matters is the emergence of chemotherapy resistance during cisplatin treatment, which compromises the clinical efficacy of this drug and frequently culminates in treatment failure [53]. The mechanisms for cisplatin resistance include low DNA damage formation, high DNA repair capacity, reduced cisplatin uptake/increased efflux, and cisplatin inactivation changes in apoptosis signaling pathways and rewired cell metabolisms. Resistance to cisplatin can be mediated by protective macroautophagy (commonly known as autophagy), a dysregulated cell death mechanism often observed during chemotherapy that is able to suppress apoptosis. Additionally, autophagy-related changes in tumor cell metastasis, specifically the induction of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), may be also responsible for cisplatin resistance [54]. Finally, with the use of combination therapy, the emergence of multidrug resistance in cancer cells prevented the achievement of the desired therapeutic effect even with the accurate combination of two chemotherapeutic drugs.

5. Uses of Cisplatin in Cancer

Cisplatin is a broad-spectrum anticancer drug still used in the treatment of various forms of carcinomas and sarcomas [55]. Given the numerous side effects of cisplatin, some research concerns studies of drugs or natural products to use in combination with the classic platinum compounds, with the aim of using a lower dose of chemotherapy [56,57,58].

5.1. Breast Cancer

Breast cancer was the most frequent cause of cancer death in women in 2022 [59]. Although recent in vitro studies are often addressed to the design and evaluation of new platinum complexes, both Pt(II) and Pt(IV), to be used to overcome side effects of the “old drugs” [60], the metal-based alkylating drug cisplatin, along with carboplatin and lobaplatin, are still currently employed in clinical settings, particularly for worst types of BC, represented by triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), early TNBC (eTNBC), metastatic breast cancer (MBC), and metastatic TNBC (mTNBC) [61,62,63]. Recently, monotherapy with cisplatin has been suggested as a treatment option for patients with HER-2 negative BC who had hepatic visceral crisis (VC) or impending visceral crisis (IVC), for which limited data exists on systemic treatments [64]. Shi et al. (2024) [65] evidenced that cisplatin could be a potential option in patients with performance status 0 or 1 experiencing hepatic IVC/VC, regardless of liver function parameters. Cisplatin combined with paclitaxel or nab-paclitaxel is the preferred first-line treatment for mTNBC. The management of MBC poses a significant clinical challenge due to its high incidence of drug resistance and the limited efficacy of conventional therapies. Some authors also suggest the use of natural products to reverse cisplatin resistance in TNBC [66]. A recent study demonstrated that metronomic chemotherapy of low-dose weekly paclitaxel and cisplatin compared with the control group offers clinically meaningful benefits in improving PFS for patients with MBC, particularly in first-line treatment settings [67]. Smothers et al. (2025) [68] demonstrated that combining cisplatin with tumor-treating fields induced higher levels of apoptosis in TNBC cells, opposite to normal epithelial cells. Moreover, a lower dose of chemotherapy could be used to achieve the same efficacy of higher doses of individual therapy. Recently, the FOXD1/KIFC1 (Forkhead Box D1/Kinesin family member C1) axis linked the glycolysis pathway to cisplatin resistance and has been suggested as a promising new target for reinforcing resistance to cisplatin in breast cancer [69].

5.2. Gastrointestinal Tumor

The major malignant tumors involving the gastrointestinal tract still use chemotherapy as a potential tool for tumor suppression and reduction in tumor metastasis. Gastric cancer is the fifth cancer and the fourth cause of cancer death worldwide [70,71]. Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of death and inflammation; hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common primary liver malignancy and remains the third major cause of cancer-related mortality in the world [72]. Despite the rapid development of diagnostic and treatment strategies for these cancers, the prognosis for these patients is still unsatisfactory [73]. Cisplatin is an option for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma [2,74,75]; however, the changes in autophagic status induce its resistance, thus severely limiting its efficacy. When this occurs, the use of anticancer drugs for autophagy control may alter the response of tumor cells to cisplatin chemotherapy.

5.3. Lung Cancer

Lung cancer represents one of the most prevalent cancers in the world, being the second most diagnosed cancer in both men and women but the most common type of cancer death, making about 16.7% of the total cancer burden and having caused more deaths in 2020 than breast, colorectal, and prostate cancers in combination [76]. However, most patients had non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) recurrence after curative purpose surgery, which evidences the aggressiveness of this illness. Patients with advanced NSCLC along with patients with early-stage illness needing adjuvant therapy generally use cisplatin [77]. However, its usefulness is limited by the onset of resistance. Several new strategies are studied for combating cisplatin-resistant lung cancer [78,79,80].

5.4. Cholangiocarcinoma

Cholangiocarcinoma occurs in the biliary tree and/or the parenchyma of the liver and is a highly lethal form of cancer. The global KEYNOTE-966 trial, carried out at 175 medical centers, evaluated the efficacy of pembrolizumab in association with gemcitabine (GC) and cisplatin versus GC alone in patients with cholangiocarcinoma, finding that there was no improvement with the combined therapy and that GC alone remains the best treatment option [81].

5.5. Testis Cancer

Testicular cancer is the leading cancer in young men. Germ cell tumors are the most common cancer entity in young males aged between 20 and 40 years [82]. Cisplatin-based chemotherapy is standard-of-care with a generally excellent response, but contributes to morbidities that can impact health-related quality of life and may adversely affect long-term survival [83].

5.6. Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer is one of the most life-threatening gynecological malignancies, ranking among the deadliest cancers in the world [84]. In 2020, it was the eighth most diagnosed malignancy in the world and affects about 314,000 women and also ranking as the eighth most deadly cancer, with more than 207,000 attributed deaths [85]. It is often being diagnosed at a late-stage, that is, when the disease is already advanced. This makes it known as the “silent killer” due to its high mortality rate among women [86]. Platinum-based chemotherapy, including cisplatin, is a mainstay of ovarian cancer treatment [87]. Traditionally, the front-line approach involves cytoreductive surgery which is followed by intravenous chemotherapy with cisplatin or carboplatin generally combined with paclitaxel or docetaxel every 21 days for six cycles [88]. However, the high mortality rate is mainly attributed to the frequent development of lower efficacy and even emergence of resistance to cisplatin [89].

5.7. Head and Neck Cancer

Cisplatin chemoradiotherapy is a standard for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients [90,91]. It is used in a low weekly dose or a high dose once every 3 weeks [92]. To prevent cisplatin-induced hearing loss, patients often receive hydration before and after cisplatin infusions [93]. Recent studies suggest the use of short hydration as a valid alternative to conventional hydration protocol in the prevention of cisplatin-related nephrotoxicity in head and neck cancer [94].

5.8. Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer (BCa) is the ninth most common malignant tumor globally, with approximately 500,000 new cases and 200,000 deaths reported each year [95]; over 614,000 new cases were diagnosed in 2022 [96]. Urothelial carcinoma is the most common histological type of BCa, with about 70% of cases being non-muscle invasive and 30% muscle-invasive [97]. Cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy is the standard first-line treatment approach for metastatic BCa; however, most patients who are initially sensitive to cisplatin eventually develop resistance [98]. Resistance to cisplatin in patients with BCa has evidenced the pivotal role of lactylation. By using single-cell RNA sequencing, it was observed that H3 lysine 18 lactylation (H3K18la) plays a crucial role in the activation of target genes transcription by enrichment in their promoter regions. Targeted inhibition of H3K18la successfully restored the sensitivity to cisplatin in these cisplatin-resistant epithelial cells [99]. Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are extensively recognized for their role in the development and advancement of BCa [100], even though the precise mechanisms through which circRNAs govern resistance have not yet been fully clarified [101]. Wei et al. (2024) [102] demonstrated that circRNAs, specifically circSTX6, plays a major role in BCa metastasis and cisplatin resistance. Recently, SRC was reported to enhance cisplatin resistance in BCa by reprogramming glycolysis and the pentose phosphate pathway. Most of the glycolysis and pentose phosphate pathway intermediates were enhanced in cisplatin-resistant tissues in comparison with those in cisplatin-sensitive patients [103].

5.9. Brain Cancer

The limit of chemotherapy treatment of brain tumors is the presence of the blood–brain barrier (BBB), which limits the entrance of these kinds of drugs into the brain. When the entrance of chemotherapy drugs is improved, their efficacy is limited by drug resistance. The risk of cisplatin resistance in glioma is rather high, likely because of the aggressive behavior of cancer cells. Pro-survival autophagy may induce cisplatin resistance in glioma. Nanoparticle-based strategies for targeting autophagy and enhancing cisplatin sensitivity are being considered [104]. Glioblastoma multiforme is the most malignant primary brain tumor, which is generally treated with surgery, radiotherapy, and/or chemotherapy; the efficacy of cisplatin treatment also remains limited due to high recurrence rates and drug resistance, resulting in a 5-year survival rate of less than 6%. Hao et al. (2025) [105] recently suggested the use of a biomimetic nanocomposite to facilitate the targeted delivery and blood–brain barrier penetration of cisplatin, thereby inducing pyroptosis in glioblastoma multiforme cells and promoting immune activation. Moreover, the use of polymer-based nanomedicines is under study [106].

5.10. Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Oral squamous cell carcinoma ranks as the sixth most common malignancy worldwide, with the tongue being the most frequently affected site. Cisplatin is the standard chemotherapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma, but resistance often reduces its efficacy, necessitating new treatments with fewer side effects.

5.11. Brain Metastases and Leptomeningeal Metastases

Brain metastases (BMs) and leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) still affect a large number of people. BMs generally derive from breast cancer, melanoma, kidney cancer, colorectal cancer, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) [107], non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) [108,109,110], and testicular cancer [111]. Although therapeutic advances have prolonged survival for patients with breast cancer, central nervous system metastases have become an increasingly prevalent complication, affecting 20% to 35% of patients with metastatic disease. However, progress in treatments for brain metastases from breast cancer (BMBC) are still limited. More than 70% of patients with BMBC have multiple lesions and are not candidates for local surgery or stereotactic radiosurgery. Palliative whole-brain radiotherapy (WRBT) remains the standard treatment for scattered inoperable metastases. The use of chemotherapics, including cisplatin, is still currently used in therapy and in several clinical trials. A recent study by Chen et al. (2024) [112] evidenced that the use of chemotherapics before WRBT may improve BMBC control. Specifically, the use of cisplatin in combination with bevacizumab and etoposide (BEEP) before WBRT may improve the control of BMBC in comparison to the use of upfront WBRT, which could address an unmet need for an efficient systemic treatment for intractable brain and extracranial metastases from MBC. Cisplatin in combination with vinblastine and temozolomide (CVT) was widely used in the pre-immune checkpoint inhibitors era. However, a recent article by Doolittle et al. (2024) [113] described the use of CVT regimen in patients with relapsed refractory melanoma (RRM) with brain metastases who are ineligible for clinical trials, finally finding that this is an efficient and well-tolerated regimen that can serve as a bridge until a trial becomes available. Brain metastases may derive from metastatic testicular cancer. Systemic chemotherapy is generally the first treatment in asymptomatic patients diagnosed with brain metastases. Cisplatin and etoposide hold good brain penetration and therefore bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP) or vindesine–ifosfamide–platinum (VIP) are the regimens of choice [114]. Brain metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma is a devastating condition that generally occurs through hematogenous dissemination. Systemic therapy is still the main therapy, whereas local therapy for brain metastases may further ameliorate survival in selected patients’ regimens, including cases of GP regimen (gemcitabine, cisplatin), TP regimen (docetaxel, cisplatin), and PF regimen (cisplatin, fluorouracil) [115]. Kobayashi et al. (2024) [116] reported a case of a patient with lung adenocarcinoma who developed liver and brain metastases during adjuvant atezolizumab therapy, with histological transformation from non-small cell to small cell lung cancer (SCLC), a resistance mechanism to immune checkpoint inhibitors. The patient was treated with four cycles of durvalumab associated with cisplatin and etoposide, followed by maintenance therapy with durvalumab. Sustained tumor regression was observed. A phase II trial (NCT04303988), still in recruitment, examines the combination of SHR-1316 (an anti-PD-L1) with bevacizumab and cisplatin/carboplatin in patients with TNBC with active brain metastases [117].

Leptomeningeal metastasis, also called leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LM), occurs secondary to the metastatic distribution of cancer cells from extracranial and certain intracranial malignancies into the leptomeninges, the cerebrospinal fluid-filled tissues surrounding the central nervous system, and cerebrospinal fluid [118]. LM occurs in 5–10% of patients with solid tumors and portends a bleak clinical prognosis [119]. Immune checkpoint inhibitors have shown clinical benefit in NSCLC-derived brain metastasis, but their efficacy in lung-to-leptomeningeal brain metastasis is still poor [120]. BEEP regimen (with cisplatin) is still used for LM, generally significantly improving overall survival [112,121,122]. However, some authors demonstrated limited penetration of cisplatin in the central nervous system [123,124].

6. Conclusions

In the last few decades, drug discovery has seen a surge in development of efficient anticancer agents offering a real chance of prolonging remission from diverse forms of cancer, improving the quality of life and survival of patients, and sometimes even curing patients from the disease. The use of new and old anticancer drugs, however, continues to be persistently hampered by the emergence of drug resistance in cancer cells through extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms. Platinum-based compounds are among the most-used chemotherapeutics to treat a wide variety of carcinomas and sarcomas. The alkylating agent cisplatin is one of the most effective and commonly used chemotherapeutics. It is the first-in-class and is still widely used today for the treatment of various types of cancers, such as ovarian, testicular, and colorectal carcinomas, sarcomas, and lymphomas. Although cisplatin has played a huge role, resistance to this drug in tumors has become one of the major clinical problems. Several mechanisms and challenges of cancer drug resistance have been proposed, one of the challenging aspects of anti-cancer treatment in which cancer cells become forbearing to the treatment, thus worsening the conditions of patients. Among them, therapeutic targeting of autophagy or the pathways associated to it, holds potential for restoring cisplatin sensitivity, highlighting this as an important direction for future clinical research. Several recent studies are researching potential alternatives to cisplatin, but will it ever be replaced by equally effective drugs for the treatment of tumors? In the next 50 years, will researchers be able to answer this question? Will artificial intelligence help physicians in overcoming resistance and predicting response to cytotoxic chemotherapy?

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, A.C. and P.L.; methodology, A.M., J.C. and C.S.; data curation, A.M. and A.C.; writing—original draft preparation, A.M. and A.C.; writing—review and editing, J.C., M.S.S. and P.L.; supervision, M.S.S. and P.L. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

 Data Availability Statement

No new data were created.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

 Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript:

BEEPBevacizumab-etoposide-cisplatin
BCBreast cancer
BCaBladder cancer
BEPBleomycin–etoposide–cisplatin
BMBrain metastases
BMBCBrain metastases from breast cancer
circRNAsCircular RNAs
CVTCisplatin–vinblastine–temozolomide
EMTEpithelial–mesenchymal transition
ES-SCLCExtensive small cell lung cancer
FDAFood and Drug Administration
GCGemcitabine and cisplatin
IVCImpending visceral crisis
LMLeptomeningeal
MBCMetastatic breast cancer
mTNBCMetastatic triple-negative breast cancer
NAXNeoadjuvant chemotherapeutics
NCINational Cancer Institute
NSCLCNon-small cell lung cancer
PFCisplatin–fluorouracil
RRMRelapsed refractory melanoma
SCLCSmall cell lung cancer
TACETranscatheter arterial chemoembolization
TNBCTriple negative breast cancer
TPDocetaxel–cisplatin
VCVisceral crisis
VIPVindesine–ifosfamide–platinum
WRBTPalliative whole-brain radiotherapy

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Figure and Table

Figure 1 Toxicity and mechanisms of cisplatin resistance.

Platinum compounds in clinical studies and/or in therapy.

Compound Name Pt Oxidation State Approved Company Brand Name First Approval
[Image omitted. Please see PDF.] Cisplatin (DDP) Pt(II) Worldwide Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Randa® 1978
[Image omitted. Please see PDF.] Carboplatin (CBDCA) Pt(II) Worldwide Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Tokyo, Japan Paraplatin® 1986
[Image omitted. Please see PDF.] Oxalilplatin (OXA) Pt(II) Worldwide Sanofi-Synthelabo Inc.; New York, NY, USAYakult Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Eloxatin®Elplat® 2002
[Image omitted. Please see PDF.] Nedaplatin (NDP) Pt(II) Japan Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan Aqupla® 1995
[Image omitted. Please see PDF.] Lobaplatin Pt(II) China ASTA Pharma AG Company (Frankfurt, Germany) Lobaplatin 1998
[Image omitted. Please see PDF.] Heptaplatin Pt(II) North and South Korea Sk Chemicals Eptaplatin or Sunpla 1999
[Image omitted. Please see PDF.] Picoplatin Pt(II) Failed - - NA
[Image omitted. Please see PDF.] Satraplatin (JM216) Pt(IV) Failed - - NA
[Image omitted. Please see PDF.] Iproplatin (JM-9) Pt(IV) Failed - - NA
[Image omitted. Please see PDF.] Ormaplatin or Tetraplatin Pt(IV) Failed - - NA
[Image omitted. Please see PDF.] Miriplatin Pt(II) Japan Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, Japan Miripla 2010

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Cisplatin was the first metal-based anticancer drug introduced into clinical use. It is a “small” molecule, but it represented a very “big” discovery. Since it was introduced on the market, it has not been withdrawn, despite being not free of side effects, owing to its peculiarity of being highly effective in the treatment of cancer. Anticancer activity of the platinum-based complexes was discovered with this molecule; since then, several other platinum-based drugs have been developed and tested in preclinical studies against cancer cells; however, only a few of them reached clinical trials, and their side effects are not much less than cisplatin. Despite the constraints of drug resistance and side effects, chemotherapy remains a fundamental strategy in cancer treatment. Nowadays, cisplatin remains one of the most-used anticancer agents in treating lung, colon, ovary, testicles, bladder, cervix, and many more cancers, although cisplatin resistance represents a major hurdle in cancer treatment. Will there ever be another drug that can overcome the side effects of cisplatin but at the same time be able to block tumors as does cisplatin?

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Cisplatin, the Timeless Molecule
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Mariconda Annaluisa 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ceramella Jessica 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Catalano Alessia 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Saturnino Carmela 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Sinicropi Maria Stefania 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Longo Pasquale 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Basilicata, Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy; [email protected] 
2  Department of Pharmacy, Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy; [email protected] (J.C.); [email protected] (M.S.S.) 
3  Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy 
4  Department of Health Sciences, University of Basilicata, Via dell’Ateneo Lucano, 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy; [email protected] 
5  Department of Chemistry and Biology “A. Zambelli”, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; [email protected] 
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