paclitaxel
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9.1
- noun
- /ˌpæk.lɪˈtæk.səl/
- Specialized
- However, in view of the positive results reported for paclitaxel and cisplatin in GOG111 and OV10, and the recognized effectiveness of paclitaxel in disease progression, the writing committee of ICON3 concludes that we need to learn more about the optimum way to use paclitaxel.
- paclitaxel treatment
- paclitaxel plus carboplatin
- paclitaxel plus cisplatin
Examples
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We have investigated two series of patients with advanced ovarian carcinoma treated at first line with platinum-based or paclitaxel-based therapy, respectively.
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Doctors often prescribe paclitaxel to treat breast cancer.
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Thus, for patients on or off study, the combination of carboplatin plus paclitaxel is the best available therapy.
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Thus, TP53 status could represent a useful marker to predict patients who might benefit from paclitaxel treatment.
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Paclitaxel, as a single agent, appears to be useful for scalp and facial angiosarcomas.
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Our conclusion is based on a series of randomized trials, which have consistently shown the importance of paclitaxel plus a platinum compound.
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Despite these results, we believe that carboplatin plus paclitaxel remains the standard of care for previously untreated patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
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We suggest that these insights could be applied to tailor existing chemotherapeutic drugs to rationalize the use of paclitaxel.
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Subsequently, three randomised trials were done to compare cisplatin plus paclitaxel versus carboplatin plus paclitaxel.
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ABRAXANE: American Pharmaceutical Partners Inc. in Schaumburg, Ill., created this albumin-stabilized nanoparticle containing the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel.
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Synonyms
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6.5
A medicine used in chemotherapy to treat some cancers
Surface Forms
Etymology
Paclitaxel comes from the tree where the medicine was first found, the Pacific yew. The pacli- part points to 'Pacific' and the -taxel part comes from Taxus, the name for the 'yew' tree, so paclitaxel is a drug made from that tree to treat cancer.