docetaxel
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Docetaxel is a taxoid which is indicated for the treatment of:
- ovarian cancer resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy
- prostate cancer - is recommended, within its licensed indications, as a treatment option for men with hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer only if their Karnofsky performance-status score is 60% or more (1)
- breast cancer resistant to first line treatment
such as anthracyline
- docetaxel (given with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide) is recommended as a possible adjuvant treatment for women with early node-positive breast cancer (2)
Reference:
- NICE (June 2006). Docetaxel for the treatment of hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer.
- NICE (September 2006). Docetaxel for the adjuvant treatment of early node-positive breast cancer
Last reviewed 01/2018
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