"Platinum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A heavy, soft, whitish metal, resembling tin, with atomic number 78, atomic weight 195.084, symbol Pt. It is used in manufacturing equipment for laboratory and industrial use. It occurs as a black powder (platinum black) and as a spongy substance (spongy platinum) and may have been known in Pliny's time as "alutiae".
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D010984
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.556.690 D01.268.956.734 D01.552.544.690
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Platinum" by people in Profiles.
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Phase III Randomized Trial of Maintenance Taxanes Versus Surveillance in Women With Advanced Ovarian/Tubal/Peritoneal Cancer: A Gynecologic Oncology Group 0212:NRG Oncology Study. J Clin Oncol. 2022 12 10; 40(35):4119-4128.
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Stent-assisted coiling versus coiling alone in unruptured intracranial aneurysms in the matrix and platinum science trial: safety, efficacy, and mid-term outcomes. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2014 Apr; 35(4):698-705.
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Outcomes of induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiation for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Oral Oncol. 2013 Mar; 49(3):277-82.
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Ribonucleotide reductase inhibition restores platinum-sensitivity in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer: a Gynecologic Oncology Group Study. J Transl Med. 2012 Apr 27; 10:79.
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Strategies for preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections: the role of new technologies. Crit Care Med. 2006 Mar; 34(3):905-7.
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Intracerebral chemotherapy: chronic microinfusion of cisplatin. Neurosurgery. 1982 Mar; 10(3):349-54.