| Cisplatin is one of the most extensively administered and highly effective substances for the
treatment of several solid tumors; however, it shows dose-dependent renal side effects. This
review was aimed to summaries and present the recently published papers on the toxicities of
cisplatin, focussing on its nephrotoxicity. Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Google
Scholar, PubMed, EBSCO, and Web of Science have been searched. Renal toxicity is clinically
the most important and well-known side effect of cisplatin. Various investigations suggested
that several mechanisms including oxidative stress, DNA injury, and inflammatory responses,
are involved in cisplatin-induced renal toxicity. In recent years, much interest has been directed
towards a gender difference in renal toxicity of cisplatin. The literature on gender-related
cisplatin toxicity shows conflicting results even on the same tissues. Cisplatin induced renal
toxicity maybe sex related probably due to differences in kidney circulation. Because of illunderstood mechanisms, it requires further investigations |