Hearing function in soft tissue sarcoma patients after treatment with carboplatin: A report from the Late Effects Surveillance System

W. Stöhr, T. Langer, A. Kremers, I. Brecht, J. Treuner, A. Dinnesen, J. D. Beck*

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyse carboplatin-induced ototoxicity in a recent study trial. Twenty patients who had received carboplatin for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma were investigated prospectively for ototoxicity in a multi-centre trial. Hearing function was tested by audiometry. All patients but one were treated with a cumulative dose of 1500 mg/m2, the remaining with 500 mg/m2. We evaluated the incidence and dependencies of hearing loss, and compared hearing thresholds to those of an untreated control group (n=60). Hearing thresholds in the carboplatin treated group were only marginally poorer compared with those of the control group. After carboplatin therapy no patient (0%; 95%-KI: 0-17%) had a hearing loss >20 dB. Hearing thresholds were not dependent on age, sex or cranial irradiation. We conclude that ototoxicity after carboplatin was low in our group of patients.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftOncology Reports
Jahrgang12
Ausgabenummer4
Seiten (von - bis)767-771
Seitenumfang5
ISSN1021-335X
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 10.2004

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  • Forschungsschwerpunkt: Gehirn, Hormone, Verhalten - Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM)

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