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- Title
Efficacy of paclitaxel in the treatment of Kaposi sarcoma.
- Authors
Martellotta, F.; Schioppa, O.; Vaccher, E.
- Abstract
The article discusses a study on the use of paclitaxel a good alternative to regimens containing anthracycline in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) patients with mean age above 63 years. Topics covered include the monitoring of patients at risk for developing neuropathy, factors affecting treatment decisions such as tumor growth, the cytotoxic drug paclitaxel's exertion of its antitumor activity by polymerizing microtubules, and the efficacy of taxanes in KS treatment.
- Subjects
PACLITAXEL; KAPOSI'S sarcoma; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; TUMOR growth prevention; TAXANES; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
European Review for Medical & Pharmacological Sciences, 2015, Vol 19, Issue 24, p4681
- ISSN
1128-3602
- Publication type
Article