1) Proprietary name for taxol
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Paclitaxel is a mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemotherapy; it and docetaxel represent the taxane family of drugs. Paclitaxel was discovered in 1967 as a result of a U.S. National Cancer Institute-funded screening program; Monroe Wall and Mansukh Wani isolated the drug from the bark of the Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia, and named it `taxol`. .....
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Also known as Taxol. A chemotherapy drug and one of a group of drugs called taxanes.
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A drug used to treat breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma. It is also used together with another drug to treat non-small cell lung cancer. Paclitaxel is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. It blocks cell growth by stopping cell division and may kill cancer cells. It is a type of antimitotic agent....
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<drug> This alkaloid is an extract from the Pacific yew, Taxus brevifolia. ... It inhibits microtubule disassembly and is used as a chemotherapy agent to treat bladder, oesophageal and lung cancers and is being investigated as a treatment for leukaemia and lymphoma. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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(pak″lĭ-tak´sәl) an antineoplastic agent that acts by promoting and stabilizing the polymerization of microtubules, isolated from the Pacific yew tree (Taxus brevifolia); used in the treatment of advanced ovarian or breast carcinoma, non–small cell lung carcinoma, and AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma. Admini...
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Proprietary name for taxol.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pak′lĭ-taks′ĕl Definitions: 1. Antitumor agent that promotes microtubule assembly by preventing depolymerization; currently used in salvage therapy for metastatic carcinoma of ovary.
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