The nurse will then offer the patient etoposide (fluid that is colorless) in the form of a drip (also known as infusion), which is completed in the course of an hour. Next they will provide the patients with cisplatin, which is also in the form of a drip. Instead the duration of time is much longer. The nurses normally run drips within a pump. This provides the treatment over an arranged time. To protect the kidneys, the patient will have more fluids than normal, which is within the drips. The patient will have more fluids before cisplatin and also after cisplatin. Courses of chemotherapy usually take numerous cycles of treatment. The treatment progresses throughout a couple of months. EP cycles are generally carried out in 21 days. Nurses
