Abstract:9041 Background: Cisplatin is one of the most frequently used chemotherapy agents. The main dose-limiting toxicity for its use is hearing-loss, present in 40–100% of patients. To date, no treatment has proven efficacy in preventing or reducing cisplatin acoustic damage. Fosfomycin, acting as a free-radical scavanger, has shown to reduce cisplatin-induced ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity in animal models, without affecting its antineoplastic activity. This trial evaluated the effect of fosfomycin in cisplatin-in… Show more
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