different between docetaxel vs taxane

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From [Term?] +? -taxel (“taxane derivative”).

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docetaxel (uncountable)

(pharmacology) A semisynthetic antineoplastic drug C₄₃H₅₃NO₁₄·3H₂O (trademark Taxotere) that is administered intravenously to treat various cancers (as of the lung, breast, or prostate) and is derived from the needles of a yew tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe.

“docetaxel”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Scientific Latin Taxus (“yew”) +? -ane

taxane (plural taxanes)

any of a class of diterpenoid drugs that inhibit cancer cell growth and division. Examples are paclitaxel and docetaxel.

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