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Taxotere with cisplatin provides better safety profile, improved quality of life, and higher two-year survival rate for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

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| July 18, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Aventis Pharmaceuticals announced the results of a pivotal trial, Tax 326, were published in the online version of the Journal of Clinical Oncology in Jul 2003. The three-arm study compared the effect on survival and quality of life of two Taxotere (docetaxel) Injection Concentrate-platinum regimens vs vinorelbine and cisplatin (VC) as first-line chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study showed that patients who received Taxotere with cisplatin had a more favourable overall response and survival rate compared to those treated with the control regimen, a combination of vinorelbine and …

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