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taxanes
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taxanes
Oncology A family of antimitotic/antimicrotubule agents that inhibit cancer cell growth by stopping cell division


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Researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine identified 287 unique cases of hypersensitivity reactions submitted to the FDA's Adverse Event Report System from 1997-2007, with 109 deaths in patients who received Cremophor-based paclitaxel, a solvent-administered taxane chemotherapy.
This family of plants is known to be a source of compounds called taxanes, which have been developed into drugs for cancer treatment.
Phase II study of sunitinib malate, an oral multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in patients with metastatic breast cancer previously treated with an anthracycline and a taxane.
 
 
 
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