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How Cisplatin saved Philipp Dettmer from stage 3B testicular cancer

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell, 15 min, 7.3M views, Oct 27, 2026

Original title: How I Survived Late-Stage Cancer (A Fun Story)

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Discover Odoo šŸ‘‰ https://www.odoo.com/r/EgUR The first app is free for life. Thanks to Odoo for sponsoring this video! Support another year of kurzgesagt with a brand new 12,027 Human Era Calendar: https://shop.kgs.link/calendar27 You get twelve months of human-made artwork for your walls, and we get to keep creating free, high-quality videos for everyone. Sound good? šŸ‘‰šŸ‘ˆ Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources-cisplatin/ Hi! I am Philipp Dettmer, the founder of kurzgesagt, and back in 2018, I was being treated for a stage 3 B testicular cancer. This was a very serious situation, but it is not a sad story! In fact, going through chemotherapy was one of the most interesting experiences of my life. I was treated with Cisplatin, which, in a nutshell, put my body through a controlled medical violence. This toxic chemotherapy agent is a hero and a villain of this story, but it absolutely saved my life. So what exactly is Cisplatin, and what was my body going through during the treatment? HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ This is how we make our living and it would be a pleasure if you support us! Get Products designed with ā¤ļø https://shop.kgs.link Join the Patreon Bird Army 🐧 https://kgs.link/patreon DISCUSSIONS & SOCIAL MEDIA ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Instagram: https://kgs.link/instagram TikTok: https://kgs.link/tiktok Reddit: https://kgs.link/reddit Discord: https://kgs.link/discord Twitter: https://kgs.link/twitter Bluesky: https://kgs.link/bluesky Facebook: https://kgs.link/facebook Newsletter: https://kgs.link/newsletter OUR VOICE ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ The kurzgesagt voice is from Steve Taylor: https://kgs.link/youtube-voice OUR MUSIC ♬♪ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 700+ minutes of kurzgesagt soundtracks by Epic Mountain: Spotify: https://kgs.link/music-spotify Soundcloud: https://kgs.link/music-soundcloud Bandcamp: https://kgs.link/music-bandcamp Youtube: https://kgs.link/music-youtube Facebook: https://kgs.link/music-facebook The soundtrack of this video: Pregnancy SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/46hDmLV Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/4msPz5a Lifesaver SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/3XXWw5y Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3Bfu9GZ The Tail End SoundCloud: https://bit.ly/4kjgzXq Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/3U3IwrL If you want to help us caption this video, please send subtitles to subtitle@kurzgesagt.org You can find info on what subtitle files work on YouTube here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2734698?hl=en-GB&ref_topic=7296214 Thank you! 🐦🐧🐤 PATREON BIRD ARMY 🐤🐧🐦 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Many thanks to our wonderful Patreons (from http://kgs.link/patreon) who support us every month and made this video possible: Autumn Weddell, Doruk Tayli, Frank, Gneowen, Jen Richardson, Kuroyukihime, Mark McDonald, Nate Jarvis, rowboatsinker, Ruffy, SDV, Sean Smith, Simen de Lange, Tair Aurmont, The Costa Family - Andre, Jessica, Audrey, William, Alexandre, Viz, VulcanFire, Yves Delhaye

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