"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".
| Descriptor ID |
D010984
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.268.556.690 D01.268.956.734 D01.552.544.690
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Platinum" by people in Profiles.
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Pembrolizumab in combination with nab-paclitaxel for the treatment of patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer - A single-arm phase II trial (NeoImmunoboost, AGO-B-041). Eur J Cancer. 2023 05; 184:1-9.
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The PACOVAR-trial: a phase I/II study of pazopanib (GW786034) and cyclophosphamide in patients with platinum-resistant recurrent, pre-treated ovarian cancer. BMC Cancer. 2011 Oct 20; 11:453.
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