TAXOL/CBDCA

• Vincristine
• Paclitaxel
• Carboplatin

Name

Vincristine

Alternate Names

Compound 37231

Leurocristine Sulfate

Oncovin

Vincasar

Vincasar PFS

Vincristine Sulfate

Vincrystine

Vinkristin

Abbreviations

LCR

VCR

VNCR

Category

Chemotherapy

Subcategory

Plant alkyloid--antimetabolite

NSC Number

067574

67574

Primary Site

None

Histology

None

Remarks

Antineoplastic; vinca plant alkaloid; antimetabolite. FDA approved uses in ALL, Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, neuroblastoma, rhabomyosarcoma, and Wilm's tumor.

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Name

Paclitaxel

Alternate Names

BMS-181339-01

BMY-45622

Taxol

Abbreviations

None

Category

Chemotherapy

Subcategory

Mitotic inhibitor

plant alkaloid

Taxane

NSC Number

125973

673089

Primary Site

breast

Gastric

head & neck cancer

Kaposi's sarcoma

non-small cell lung cancers

ovarian

Histology

None

Remarks

Phase I (gastric) FDA approved uses on breast, ovarian, non-small cell lung cancers, and Kaposi's sarcoma. Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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Name

Carboplatin

Alternate Names

JM 8

JM-8

JM8

Paraplatin

Abbreviations

CBDCA

Category

Chemotherapy

Subcategory

Alkylating agent

Platinum analog

NSC Number

241240

Primary Site

All cancers

Histology

None

Remarks

A platinum-salt alkylating agent.

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