What is "taxol"

Usage examples of "taxol".

Anna immediately started a chemotherapy drug just on the market, Taxol, which was touted as miraculously shrinking tumors.

But Taxol was really shrinking those tumors, and I was so happy with the results that I asked Ken what we could do to really kick some butt with it.

Two days after taking the Taxol infusion, every nerve ending in my body was on fire.

Now, in the autumn of 1995, Anna learns that Taxol is no longer working.

As each February day dawns colder and grayer than the last, Anna sinks into worries and depression, exhausted from neuropathy pain and hot flashes that remain months after stopping Taxol and tamoxifen.

May and June of 1995, when the double dose of Taxol caused searing pain.

Not only do I feel the pain from the nerve damage left by the Taxol, but I feel the pain from the liver tumors, from the rib, from the small bump on my chest.

In addition to leftover nerve damage from Taxol, the pain comes from her now-weakening bones.

In these woods, yew bark is harvested to make taxol for cancer patients, and cascara bark is harvested for laxatives.