Since the early 1970s, platinum has been used in various medications and tools because of its density and malleability, critical for making pacemakers, catheters, stents and even cancer treatments.
According to the International Journal of Cancer Research and Therapy, more than 50% of cancer drugs use platinum-based. Cisplatin and its successor, carboplatin, also use platinum complexes to treat common tumours such as breast, ovarian, and lung cancers.
Despite the remarkable advances in medicine for these healthy metals, there is still greater demand for their applications in other industries.
