ALB and familial pancreatic carcinoma: Moreover, the number of colonies was further reduced when the cells were treated with different chemotherapy drugs including, the anti-metabolite gemcitabine (used in the first-line treatment of pancreatic cancer) and the TBAs paclitaxel and vincristine [albumin bound paclitaxel (Abraxane) is now used in the clinic to treat pancreatic cancer and vincristine while not a pancreatic cancer treatment, was used in this study to help delineate βIII-tubulin's function].