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Management of intermediate-prognosis germ-cell cancer: results of a phase I/II study of Taxol-BEP.

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The standard chemotherapy regimen in metastatic germ-cell cancer is bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin (BEP). Chemotherapy studies testing cisplatin dosage and the substitution of ifosfamide for bleomycin have not shown this to be superior to BEP. Paclitaxel (Taxol) has demonstrated promising

Phase II study of low-dose infusional 5-fluorouracil and paclitaxel (Taxol) given every 2 weeks in metastatic breast cancer.

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Twenty-one patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer were treated with paclitaxel (Taxol) as a 1-hour infusion on day 1 only of a 14-day cycle. This treatment was followed by 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) via a portable home pump, through a central venous catheter at 350 mg/m2 per day over 24

Phase I and pharmacodynamic study of taxol in refractory acute leukemias.

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Taxol, a novel antimicrotubule agent that enhances tubulin polymerization and microtubule stability, was administered to adults with refractory leukemias as a 24-h i.v. infusion in a Phase I study. The primary objectives were to determine the maximum tolerated dose of taxol administered on this

Taxol: a promising new drug of the '90s.

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Taxol (paclitaxel, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ), a drug extracted from the stem bark of the western yew, shows great promise as an antineoplastic agent for ovarian, breast, nonsmall cell lung, and head and neck cancers; melanoma; and leukemia. Although Taxol first was isolated in

Phase I study of Taxol, doxorubicin, plus granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

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The objective of this phase I trial was to determine the maximal tolerated dose (MTD) of Taxol and doxorubicin administered as a simultaneous intravenous infusion over 72 hours every 21 days. Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) 10 micrograms/kg, was administered on days 4-18 of each cycle.

Phase I study of taxol using a 5-day intermittent schedule.

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Taxol is a plant product derived from the western yew, Taxus brevifolia. We have conducted a phase I clinical study of Taxol used intravenously daily for 5 days at 3-week intervals. The starting dose was 5 mg/m2 daily, and the highest dose used was 40 mg/m2 daily for 5 days. The daily dosage of

Sequences of taxol and cisplatin: a phase I and pharmacologic study.

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Untreated and minimally pretreated solid tumor patients received alternating sequences of taxol and cisplatin. Sequential dose escalation of each agent using taxol doses of 110 or 135 mg/m2 and cisplatin doses of 50 or 75 mg/m2 resulted in four dosage permutations that induced grades 3 and 4

Taxol: a unique antineoplastic agent with significant activity in advanced ovarian epithelial neoplasms.

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OBJECTIVE To assess the activity of taxol in patients with advanced, progressive, and drug-refractory ovarian cancer and to delineate more clearly the toxicity of taxol in this patient population. METHODS Nonrandomized, prospective phase II trial. METHODS Forty-seven patients with drug-refractory

Nursing implications in the administration of paclitaxel (TAXOL).

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Paclitaxel is an antimicrotubule agent that was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Because it is insoluble in water, it is mixed with Cremophor EL (polyoxyethylated castor oil). The addition of Cremophor requires the use of glass bottles or polyolefin or polypropylene bags

Phase I study of paclitaxel (taxol) and pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (caelyx) administered every 2 weeks in patients with advanced solid tumors.

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OBJECTIVE Paclitaxel and doxorubicin are among the most active chemotherapeutic agents in various types of tumors. Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (Caelyx) has a more favorable pharmacokinetic and toxicity profile than the free drug. We conducted a phase I study to determine the maximum tolerated

Lapatinib in breast cancer.

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Aberrant activation of some members of human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) family plays a key role in breast carcinogenesis. Lapatinib is an oral dual tyrosine kinase inhibitor selective for inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR/ErbB1) and HER2/ErbB2. Having more targets,

Preliminary experience with paclitaxel in advanced bladder cancer.

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In a phase II Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group trial, single-agent paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) was administered to 26 patients with advanced urothelial cancer who had not received prior systemic chemotherapy. Paclitaxel was given at a dose of 250 mg/m2 by

Individually tailored treatment with epirubicin and paclitaxel with or without capecitabine as first-line chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer: a randomized multicenter trial.

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Anthracyclines and taxanes are active cytotoxic drugs in the treatment of early metastatic breast cancer. It is yet unclear whether addition of capecitabine to the combination of these drugs improves the treatment outcome. Patients with advanced breast cancer were randomized to first-line

Infusional 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin plus paclitaxel and cisplatin in the first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer: results of a phase II study.

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Our phase II study results demonstrating high efficacy and low toxicity for a weekly schedule of high-dose, 24-hour infusional 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)/leucovorin (LV) in intensively pretreated patients with metastatic breast cancer prompted the addition of paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb

Efficacy of cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and paclitaxel regimen for carcinoma of the esophagus.

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Eighteen patients with esophageal carcinoma (16 adenocarcinoma, two squamous cell carcinoma) were treated with two cycles of induction chemotherapy consisting of paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) 175 mg/m2 (3-hour infusion), cisplatin 20 mg/m2/d x 4 days, and

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