Archive for July, 2009

Chemotherapy Primer:Taxanes

July 9 2009No Commented

Categorized Under: Cancer

Another class of chemotherapeutics that are specific for the M phase of the cell cycle is the Taxanes. The taxanes include paclitaxel and docetaxel. They bind with high affinity to the microtubules and inhibit their normal function. This class of drugs has a broad range of clinical activity including breast cancer, lung cancer, head and [...]