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Jevtana

A drug used with prednisone to treat prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and is castration resistant (has not responded to treatments that lower testosterone levels). It is used in patients who have already been treated with anticancer drugs that included docetaxel. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Jevtana stops cancer cells from growing and dividing and may kill them. It is a type of taxane. Also called cabazitaxel and taxoid XRP6258.

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