Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An anticancer drug that was first derived from the bark of the Pacific yew tree and is used in the treatment of ovarian and breast cancer that has not responded to prior therapy.
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- noun A particular
drug used inchemotherapy .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She estimated harvesting paclitaxel from the soil can become profitable if the growers can generate more than 20 grams per acre.
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But paclitaxel, which is given intravenously, is difficult to use.
Democracy's Vices, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Drugs recently in short supply include paclitaxel, which is used most notably to treat breast cancer but also is effective against ovarian, lung and gastric cancers; the anti-nausea drug prochlorperazine; electrolytes used by patients fed intravenously; and Doxil, a breast and ovarian cancer drug with such tight supplies that many patients are on waiting lists.
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One cancer drug that suffers from a distinct lack of water-solubility is paclitaxel, which is sold as Taxol.
Kansan.com stories < 2010
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Then the mice either got no additional treatment; curcumin alone; the cancer drug paclitaxel, which is sold under the brand name Taxol; or curcumin plus Taxol.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010
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They then showed that these genes could be used to predict the effectiveness of a drug called paclitaxel in patients.
British Blogs BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition 2010
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They selected those which if missing or faulty would prevent a chemotherapy drug called paclitaxel
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One cancer drug that suffers from a distinct lack of water-solubility is paclitaxel, which is sold as Taxol.
Kansan.com stories < 2010
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One cancer drug that suffers from a distinct lack of water-solubility is paclitaxel, which is sold as Taxol.
Kansan.com stories < 2010
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Then the mice either got no additional treatment; curcumin alone; the cancer drug paclitaxel, which is sold under the brand name Taxol; or curcumin plus Taxol.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34;Nutrition 2010
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