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SUBMITTER: Kang BW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6274234 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20160517 5
Although rapid advances in treatment options have improved the prognosis of advanced gastric cancer (AGC), it remains a major public health problem and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the world. Taxanes (paclitaxel and docetaxel) are microtubule stabilizing agents that inhibit the process of cell division, and have shown antitumor activity in the treatment of AGC as a single or combination chemotherapy. Accordingly, this review focuses on the efficacy and tolerability of tax ...[more]