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3 February, 23:16

Chemotherapy utilizes chemicals that disrupt various parts of the cell cycle, targeting rapidly growing cells. Paclitaxel is one such drug that prevents the mitosis phase from taking place. How is this drug useful as a cancer treatment

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  1. 4 February, 00:04
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    Chemotherapy utilizes chemicals that disrupt various parts of the cell cycle, targeting rapidly growing cells. Paclitaxel is one such drug that prevents the mitosis phase from taking place.

    Taxol (paclitaxel) is a cancer chemotherapy medication that interferes with the growth of cancer cells and slows their growth and spread in the body and is used to treat breast cancer, lung cancer, and ovarian cancer. Taxol is also used to treat AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma.
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