Combination treatment for solid tumors using docetaxel and a cyp3a inhibitor

Abstract Treatments of cancers involve a wide range of treatment. The current invention relates to chemotherapy of tumors using taxanes, in particular docetaxel. More in particular it relates to achieving efficacious doses of orally administered doses docetaxel whilst maintaining acceptable safety. By providing novel means and methods, combining oral docetaxel with a CYP3A inhibitor, the inventors have established improved treatments of cancer, said methods and means providing for an improved safety profile of docetaxel as compared with the standard of treatment for docetaxel, while at the same time allowing to obtain efficacious levels of docetaxel to eradicate cancer cells.