A 41-year-old member asked:
Can taxol (paclitaxel) treat pneumonitis?
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Dr. Myron Arlenanswered
Surgical Oncology 66 years experience
No: Taxol (paclitaxel) is a chemotherapeutic agent used to treat malignant, metastatic disease. Pneumonitis is an inflammatory process that needs antibiotics to bring the disease under control. One of the complications of chemo like Taxol (paclitaxel) is suppressing the immune system. As such reports appear that pneumonitis following the use of Taxol (paclitaxel) as in breast cancer occurs following the use of this agent.
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