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- noun A particular
drug used inchemotherapy .
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Examples
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But the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a new drug last year called docetaxel (marketed as Taxotere), for treating advanced prostate cancer.
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Jevtana presents an alternative treatment option for patients who have exhausted all treatments available and whose condition has deteriorated during or after treatment with the drug docetaxel, which is used to fight the tumors in the advanced stage.
The Money Times 2010
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For our Phase IIb trial we are combining bavituximab with docetaxel, which is supported by the positive data using the same combination in our signal seeking refractory breast cancer trial.
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It is an alternative treatment option for patients who have exhausted all treatments available and whose condition has deteriorated during or after treatment with the drug docetaxel, which is used to fight the tumors in the advanced stage.
The Money Times 2010
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The company said the combination of bavituximab and Taxotere, which is also called docetaxel, warrants further study.
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The infusion time for eribulin mesylate is relatively short when compared to taxanes, such as docetaxel which has an infusion time of one hour (every three weeks).
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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"Our approach to delivering taxanes such as docetaxel differs from most in that we make the drug more hydrophobic thereby allowing the nanoparticle-incorporated prodrug to circulate in the blood for days after injection," said Dr. Lawrence Mayer, president and head of research of Celator Pharmaceuticals.
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The infusion time for eribulin mesylate is relatively short when compared to taxanes, such as docetaxel which has an infusion time of one hour (every three weeks).
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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"On October 21, the Company announced positive results from its phase II trial evaluating bavituximab in combination with Taxotere, also known as docetaxel, in patients with advanced breast cancer.
unknown title 2009
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In the second study, which was done in Germany, 1,948 patients were randomized to receive epirubicin and cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) followed by docetaxel (Taxotere), with or without bevacizumab (Avastin).
Susan M. Love: Avastin -- Back in the News Susan M. Love 2012
dangleberry commented on the word docetaxel
generic name for taxotere
July 18, 2007
slumry commented on the word docetaxel
A semisynthetic antineoplastic drug derived from the yew tree.
July 18, 2007