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Taxol Dosing Breast Cancer
Women who take Taxol every week after chemotherapy ends live longer than women given the traditional four doses every three weeks, a new study suggests. In the study of 5,000 patients, researchers also found that those who were given the dose weekly lived longer without a cancer recurrence than the other group. The study's authors suggest that the weekly Taxol doses should be considered a new standard in care.
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Taxol
Source: Breastcancer.org
Brand name: Taxol Chemical name: Paclitaxel Class: Taxane chemotherapy. Abraxane and Taxotere are other taxanes. How it works: Taxanes interfere with... Read more »
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