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Is the chemo drug docetaxel (taxotere) considered a carboplatin based duplex?

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Dr. Michael Thompson answered

Specializes in Hematology and Oncology

No: Carboplatin and docetaxel (taxotere) are different drugs. They are often used together as part of a "platinum-based doublet" such as in lung cancer chemotherapy.

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Answered 6/25/2014

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