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Would you offer cisplatin concurrent with radiation to a patient with p53-mutated stage III endometrial cancer if she has adult-onset hearing loss and uses a cochlear implant?

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Gynecologic Oncology · Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Cisplatin is commonly used for radiosensitization in patients being treated for gynecologic cancer. Ototoxicity is a common side effect of cisplatin. It is caused by the death of outer hair cells in the inner ear. Cochlear implants are used to treat hearing loss in patients with severe hearing loss ...

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