Chemotherapy regimens
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Chemotherapy regimens are often identified with acronyms, identifying the agents used in combination. Unfortunately, the letters used are not consistent across regimens, and in some cases (for example, "BEACOPP") the same letter is used to represent two different treatments. Because of this, there is not a naming standard for chemotherapy regimens, and this page merely represents commonly used conventions.
The term "Induction regimens" refers to a chemotherapy regimen which is used for the initial treatment of a disease.
| Name | Components | Example of uses, and other notes |
|---|---|---|
| FOLFOX | Fluorouracil, leucovorin (folinic acid), and oxaliplatin | Colorectal cancer |
| VAD | Vincristine, Adriamycin (doxorubicin), dexamethasone | Multiple myeloma |
| Thal/Dex | Thalidomide, dexamethasone | Multiple myeloma |
| CHOP | Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin (hydroxydoxorubicin), vincristine (Oncovin), prednisone | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
| CHOP-R | CHOP + rituximab | B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
| COP or CVP | Cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin), and prednisone | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in patients with history of cardiovascular disease |
| m-BACOD | Methotrexate, bleomycin, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin), dexamethasone (Decadron) | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
| ProMACE-CytaBOM | Prednisone, doxorubicin (adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, etoposide, cytarabine, bleomycin, vincristine (Oncovin), methotrexate, leucovorin | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
| COPP | Cyclophosphamide, Oncovin (vincristine), procarbazine and prednisone | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
| MACOP-B | Methotrexate, leucovorin, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin), prednisone, bleomycin | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
| ProMACE-MOPP | Methotrexate, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, etoposide + MOPP | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
| MOPP (medicine) | Mechlorethamine, vincristine (oncovin), procarbazine, prednisone | Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| ABVD | Adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine | Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| BEACOPP | Bleomycin, etoposide, Adriamycin (doxorubicin), cyclophosphamide, Oncovin (vincristine), procarbazine, prednisone | Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| Stanford V | Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), mechlorethamine, bleomycin, vinblastine, vincristine (Oncovin), etoposide (VP-16), prednisone | Hodgkin's lymphoma |
| ECF | Epirubicin, cisplatin, fluorouracil | Gastric cancer and oesophageal cancer |
| BEP | Bleomycin, etoposide, platinum (cisplatin) | Testicular cancer |
| PCV | Procarbazine, lomustine (CCNU), vincristine | Brain tumors |
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