What is the minium and maximum dosage of cisplatin?

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5 Feb 2010

This is the Dosing Information for Cisplatin

Usual Adult Dose for Testicular Cancer:

20 mg/m2 intravenously once a day for 5 days per cycle (in combination with other antineoplastic drugs)

Usual Adult Dose for Ovarian Cancer:

75 to 100 mg/m2 intravenously once every 4 weeks (in combination with cyclophosphamide for the treatment of metastatic ovarian cancer).

Alternatively, 100 mg/m2 intravenously once every 4 weeks may be administered (as a single agent for the treatment of metastatic ovarian cancer).

If the ovarian cancer remains confined to the peritoneal cavity, the following regimens may be used:

60 to 90 mg/m2 in 2 liters of 0.9% sodium chloride solution or lactated Ringer's injection intraperitoneally once.

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