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Taxol (Paclitaxel)
Paclitaxel
Paclitaxel is a mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy. It was discovered in a U.S. National Cancer Institute program at the Research Triangle Institute in 1967 when Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, Taxus brevifolia and named it taxol. When it was developed commercially by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) the generic name was changed to paclitaxel and the BMS compound is sold under the trademark TAXOL. In this formulation, paclitaxel is dissolved in Cremophor EL and ethanol, as a delivery agent...
Taxol (Paclitaxel) - List of case studies
- Endometrial Cancer
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she was started on a chemotherapy protocol, including Taxol, Epirubicin and Cisplatinum. However the first course caused severe toxicity and was switched to Taxol and carboplatinum. One treatment option is by intense combination ...
- Drugs
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Tarceva Tauxib Tavor Taxanes Taxol Taxol (Paclitaxel) Taxotere Tegretol Teicoplanin ...
- Operated breast cancer with metastases
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then the patient treated with Herceptin and Taxol and Zometa. 4 months after the neurosurgery, MRI was performed: the ... Since then, the patient treated with Herceptin and Taxol and Zometa . 4 months after the neurosurgery, MRI was ... Herceptin (Trastuzumab), Taxol (Paclitaxel), Zometa (Zolendronic acid), Lapatinib, ...