Article: Docetaxel

Docetaxel
Systematic (IUPAC) name
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Identifiers
CAS number	114977-28-5
ATC code	L01CD02
PubChem	148124
DrugBank	APRD00932
Chemical data
Formula	C43H53NO14
Mol. weight	807.879 g/mol
Pharmacokinetic data
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Therapeutic considerations
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Legal status
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Docetaxel is a chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of cancer. It has been developed after the related drug, paclitaxel. It is derived from a species of yew, Taxus baccata. Together with paclitaxel, it forms the drug category of the taxanes.

It is mainly used in lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and stomach cancer.

It is marketed as Taxotere in the U.S. by sanofi-aventis