Preferred Label : Paclitaxel Regimen;
NCIt synonyms : Taxol Regimen;
NCIt related terms : Paclitaxel monotherapy;
NCIt definition : A regimen consisting of paclitaxel that may be used in the treatment of anaplastic
thyroid carcinomas, thymomas and thymic carcinomas; soft tissue and AIDS-related Kaposi
sarcomas; bladder, cervical, esophageal and esophagogastric junction, gastric, head
and neck, endometrial, penile, ovarian, fallopian tube, primary peritoneal, and vulvar
cancers; small cell and non-small cell lung cancers; small bowel adenocarcinoma; cutaneous
and uveal melanoma; and malignant sex cord-stromal and malignant germ cell tumors.
Paclitaxel every 21 days regimen may be used for the treatment of breast, ovarian,
fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancers. Paclitaxel every 14 days regimen may
be used for the treatment of breast cancer.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL969188;
Codes from synonyms : 5706;
Origin ID : C160102;
UMLS CUI : C5204939;
Semantic type(s)
- chemotherapy_regimen_has_component
- concept_is_in_subset
