Talk:Oxaliplatin

CAS Number

Apparently there are 2 CAS numbers corresponding to Oxaliplatin: 63121-00-6 gives [1] and 61825-94-3 gives [2]. Not being an expert in the field I feel confused. --Fioravante Patrone en (talk) 21:07, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Chemotherapy regimen update

Today (as of 2014) adjuvant 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy, with oxaliplatin, is given before surgery (sometimes afterwards as well) for stage 3 colon or rectal cancer. I have updated the appropriate section, with a reference to an NCI web entry.

Also, please note that a colon or rectal tumor is called stage 3 if it has penetrated the wall of the colon or rectum and is growing on both sides of the wall, even if no lymph nodes are involved. Goblinshark17 (talk) 05:47, 6 August 2014 (UTC)

Do they collect oxaliplatin patients' urine for precious metal recovery?

I think the article could elaborate whether platinum is recovered from the bodily by-products of patients treated with oxaliplatin? Considering the extreme price increase of precious metals, it could make economic sense. (Back when penicillin was very new during and shortly after WW2, people treated with it had to collect their urine and labs extracted the antibiotic from it for use in treating new patients, since production was insufficient to meet demand for a while.) 78.131.76.193 (talk) 11:15, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

incorrect structure?

Maybe I'm going crazy, but isn't the 3D structure currently in the article of the cis (RS) DACH ligand? Shouldn't both amines be in equatorial positions and trans to each other? That is how it also looks in the crystallography paper cited in ref 21. 2601:C2:1200:7E40:9980:1A59:C73E:3468 (talk) 20:57, 14 March 2024 (UTC)