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To test the antineoplastic activity of taxol, a natural product isolated from yew (Taxus baccata L.), six human tumors transplanted into athymic mice were used (primary tumors of breast, endometrium, ovary, brain, lung and a recurrence of tongue tumor).
While the growth rates varied with the histopathological characteristics of different tumor types, all mice were treated at a mean tumor volume of 200±8 mm3.
Taxol was given SC at a dose level of 12.5 mg/kg per injection per day for 5 consecutive days out of 7 over a period of 3 weeks. With this schedule antitumor responses were obtained in all of the six neoplasms xenografted into nude mice. In the case of the ductal carcinoma of the breast total tumor regressions were observed in four of the five treated animals. In the five other experimental models taxol produced significant growth delays.
We believe that the results of these initial tests on the nude mouse — human tumor xenograft system are convincing and justify clinical assessment of this drug.
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Abbreviations
- VT/VC %:
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(mean tumor volume in treated mice ÷ mean tumor volume in control mice) x 100
- WT/WC %:
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(mean tumor weight in treated mice ÷ mean tumor weight in control mice) x 100
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The work described in this paper was supported by the CNRS as part of its Programme Interdisciplinaire de Recherche sur les Bases Scientifiques des Médicaments (PIRMED)
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Riondel, J., Jacrot, M., Picot, F. et al. Therapeutic response to taxol of six human tumors xenografted into nude mice. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 17, 137–142 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00306742
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