Taxoid

Not to be confused with Toxoid.

Taxoids are a class of derivatives from taxol,<ref>

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</ref> that is, paclitaxel. They were developed for their anticancer chemotherapeutic properties. Taxoids are usually treated as synonymous with taxanes; for example, a major medical dictionary defines the two terms with the same definition phrasing,<ref name="Dorlands"> </ref> and in another the phrasing varies slightly but conveys nearly identical meaning.<ref name="Stedmans"> </ref> The taxoids class and the taxanes class both include paclitaxel (trade names Taxol, Abraxane, Onxol, Nov-Onxol) and docetaxel (trade names Taxotere, Docecad).

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