Oxaliplatin-induced acute thrombocytopenia

J Cancer Res Ther. 2016 Apr-Jun;12(2):509-14. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.154056.

Abstract

Oxaliplatin (1, 2-diamminocyclohexaneoxalato-platinum) is a novel platin analog, which is widely used in gastrointestinal malignancies. Platinum analogs damage cellular deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) by leading covalent bifunctional DNA adducts with cellular DNA. Major side effects of oxaliplatin are neurotoxicity (peripheral neuropathy), myelosuppression with moderate thrombocytopenia and gastrointestinal toxicity (diarrhea). Thrombocytopenia might be related to myelosuppression and/or drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia (DIIT). In here, oxaliplatin-induced thrombocytopenia is discussed with review of the literature.

Publication types

  • Meta-Analysis
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / complications
  • Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / adverse effects*
  • Oxaliplatin
  • Thrombocytopenia / diagnosis
  • Thrombocytopenia / etiology*
  • Thrombocytopenia / therapy

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Oxaliplatin