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Taxol (TAK-sol)

 A drug used to treat breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma. It is also used together with another drug to treat non-small cell lung cancer. Taxol is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. It is a type of mitotic inhibitor. Also called paclitaxel.

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