Description
Docetaxel is approved to be used alone or with other drugs to treat:
- Breast cancer that has spread and has not gotten better with other chemotherapy. It is also used with doxorubicin hydrochloride and cyclophosphamide to treat breast cancer that is node-positive and can be removed by surgery.
- Non-small cell lung cancer that has spread.
- Prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body in men whose cancer is castrate resistant (has not responded to treatments that lower testosterone levels).
- Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck that is locally advanced. It is used with cisplatin and fluorouracil.
- Stomach adenocarcinoma or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (a rare type of esophageal cancer) that is advanced. It is used in patients whose cancer has not been treated with chemotherapy.
Docetaxel is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.