taxotere

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Noun

taxotere (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Synonym of docetaxel
    • 2015 May 15, Nitu Bansal et al., “Axl receptor tyrosine kinase is up-regulated in metformin resistant prostate cancer cells”, in Oncotarget, volume 6:
      Forced overexpression of Axl in LNCaP cells decreased metformin and taxotere sensitivity and knockdown of Axl in resistant cells increased sensitivity to these drugs.