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For limited stage SCLC with curative intent, do you ever substitute carboplatin for cisplatin in concurrent CRT setting?

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Medical Oncology · Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Based on the COCIS meta-analysis of carboplatin versus cisplatin-based chemotherapy of SCLC which included patients getting radiotherapy for limited-stage disease (Rossi et al, JCO 2012), there was no evident survival advantage with cisplatin overall. In multivariate analysis, there appears to be tr...

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Medical Oncology · Penn State Cancer Institute, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Generally the preference is to use Cisplatin over Carboplatin for the curative intent concurrent chemoRT in LD-SCLC. The exception can primarily be in toxicity consideration esp. in renal, CHF and hearing toxicities in patients who already have these organ dysfunction at baseline, elderly or frail p...

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Medical Oncology · Emory University School of Medicine

Only if there is a good reason not to use cisplatin, such as in patients with renal insufficiency or heart failure.

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Medical Oncology · Georgetown University Hospital

My preference is cisplatin plus etoposide, but when cisplatin-ineligible (or if cisplatin is poorly tolerated), carboplatin is perfectly reasonable and supported by retrospective outcomes data. No need to be too dogmatic in my opinion.

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