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Paclitaxel Combination Improves Survival from Small-Cell Lung Cancer
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Combining paclitaxel (Taxol) with two other chemotherapy drugs appears to improve survival in patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) compared with a standard regimen without paclitaxel, according to results from a randomized clinical trial in the August 6 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
The study found that treatment with paclitaxel, etoposide, and carboplatin yielded