Description
Paclitaxel is a type of chemotherapy called a taxane. Taxanes interfere with structures in a cell called microtubules that help move chromosomes during mitosis (cell division). Paclitaxel stops the growth of cancer cells and other dividing cells by blocking cell division.
Paclitaxel is approved to be used alone or with other drugs to treat:
- AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma.
- Breast cancer.
- Non-small cell lung cancer
- Ovarian cancer
Paclitaxel (PTX), sold under the brand name Taxol among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat ovarian cancer, esophageal cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, Kaposi’s sarcoma, cervical cancer, and pancreatic cancer.[3] It is administered by intravenous injection.
