Superselective Intra-arterial Infusion Chemotherapy with Nedaplatin for Oral Cancer: A Pharmacological Study of the Dose Clearance.

Introduction: Nedaplatin (cis-diammine-glycolate platinum) is a new anticancer agent developed in Japan. It is especially designed to reduce adverse side effects of CDDP such as renal toxicity and neurotoxicity.

Aim: We used nedaplatin as a superselective intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy for oral cancers and carried out a pharmacological study of the dose clearance of nedaplatin based on renal function as well as evaluating its efficacy, including hematological side effects.

Adjunct teriparatide therapy with monitoring of bone turnover markers and bone scintigraphy for bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw.

The management of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) is still difficult in many cases that do not respond to conservative treatments. We report a case of BRONJ treated by adjunctive teriparatide therapy for 6 months with monitoring of bone turnover markers (at baseline, at 1, 3, and 6 months of treatment, and after 9 months off therapy) and bone scintigraphy (at baseline, 3 and 6 months, and after 9 months off therapy). The patient was a 78-year-old woman with osteoporosis and BRONJ.