NCIt definition : A second-generation cisplatin analogue with antineoplastic activity. Containing a
novel ring structure in which glycolate is bound to the platinum by a bidentate ligand,
nedaplatin forms reactive platinum complexes that bind to nucelophillic groups in
DNA, resulting in intrastrand and interstrand DNA cross-links, apoptosis and cell
death. This agent appears to be less nephrotoxic and neurotoxic compared to both cisplatin
and carboplatin.;