How do you mitigate the risk of hearing loss for patients requiring cisplatin?
Specifically, would you consider utilizing sodium thiosulfate in adults based on the pediatric data from Brock et al. NEJM 2018?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
I have seen some centers do baseline audiometry testing for all patients to at least give a baseline if the patient then complains of tinnitus or other hearing changes during treatment. I'm not sure how much this helps without also doing surveillance during treatment and it hasn't become my standard...