Published : 2021-06-09

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF PACLITAXEL IN CANCER THERAPY

Kinga Byk

Filip Charuk

Ewa Olędzka

Marcin Sobczak

Monika Zielińska-Pisklak

Abstract

Paclitaxel (PTX) is a natural anti-cancer drug – a terpene alkaloid from the taxane group, used in the treatment of non-small cell lung carcinoma, ovarian and breast cancer as well Kaposi’s sarcoma. PTX shows a very good therapeutic effect when is used in monotherapy and in combination with other anti-cancer drugs. For the first time, it was isolated from the Pacific yew bark (Taxus brevifolia) and introduced into treatment under the name “Taxol” by the American biopharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb. The basic mechanism of its action consists in blocking the cell cycle during the G2/M phase by blocking depolymerization of microtubules, which inhibits mitosis. Moreover, PTX can cause cell necrosis through multipolar divisions and incorrect chromosome segregation.

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paclitaxel, breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, immunotherapy, nab-paclitaxel


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Byk, K., Charuk, F., Olędzka, E., Sobczak, M., & Zielińska-Pisklak, M. (2021). CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF PACLITAXEL IN CANCER THERAPY. Prospects in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 19(2), 9–17. https://doi.org/10.56782/pps.10

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