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A correction has been published: N Engl J Med 1995;333(1):75.

Review Article
Drug Therapy
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Volume 332:1004-1014 April 13, 1995 Number 15
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Paclitaxel (Taxol)
Eric K. Rowinsky, M.D., and Ross C. Donehower, M.D.

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The taxanes are an important new class of anticancer agents that exert their cytotoxic effects through a unique mechanism. Paclitaxel (Taxol), the first taxane in clinical trials, is active against a broad range of cancers that are generally considered to be refractory to conventional chemotherapy. This has led to the regulatory approval of paclitaxel in the United States and many other countries for use in the palliative therapy of patients with ovarian and breast cancers resistant to chemotherapy. The challenge now is to develop strategies using paclitaxel in the initial therapy of cancers in which cure or improved survival may . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Mechanisms of Action and Resistance

Toxicity

Hypersensitivity Reactions

Hematologic Toxicity

Neurotoxicity

Cardiac Effects

Miscellaneous Toxic Effects

Clinical Pharmacology

Antitumor Activity

Ovarian Cancer

Breast Cancer

Lung Cancer

Head and Neck Cancer

Other Tumor Types

Future Directions


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From the Divisions of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (E.K.R.) and Medical Oncology (R.C.D.), Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Rowinsky at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Division of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 1-121, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287-8934.

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