Standard Deduction. What is a 'Standard Deduction'. A base amount of income that is not subject to tax and that can be used to reduce a taxpayer's adjusted gross income (AGI). A standard deduction can only be used if the taxpayer does not choose the itemized deduction method of calculating taxable income.
Docetaxel (Taxotere Â®) Docetaxel is a chemotherapy drug used to treat cancers including breast, prostate, non-small cell lung cancer, stomach and head and neck cancers. This information should ideally be read with our general information about chemotherapy and the type of cancer you have.
Paclitaxel and docetaxel were the initial prototypic taxane agents introduced into clinical practice, and they are two of the antineoplastic drugs currently in widest use. Paclitaxel was originally extracted from the bark of the yew tree (Taxus brevifolia) in the western region of the United States [1].