The dark side of platinum based cytostatic drugs: From detection to removal

Y Roque-Diaz, M Sanadar, D Han, M López-Mesas… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The uncontrolled release of pharmaceutical drugs into the environment raised serious
concerns in the last decades as they can potentially exert adverse effects on living …

Biosorption of residual cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin antineoplastic drugs in urine after chemotherapy treatment

K Folens, A Abebe, J Tang, F Ronsse… - Environmental …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Environmental context Platinum complexes are widely used to treat cancer; however, these
compounds are also rapidly excreted in the urine of patients and can therefore enter …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical degradation of platinum oncolytics in urine and speciation of the inorganic contaminants cisplatin and carboplatin relevant in waste water

K Folens, J Baeten, K Couvreur, G Du Laing - Emerging Contaminants, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the prevalent form of platinum (Pt) based antineoplastic agents, used in
chemotherapy, is of importance to develop a remediation strategy that restricts aquatic …