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AC regimen

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aparna Vuppala, M.B.B.S. [2]

Synonyms and keywords: AC; AC Regimen; Adriamycin-Cytoxan Regimen; CA Regimen.

Overview

AC regimen refers to a regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide and doxorubicin used in the adjuvant setting for the treatment of breast cancer; also used for the treatment of recurrent and metastatic breast cancer.[1][2]

Regimen

ADoxorubicin (Adriamycin)

CCyclophosphamide

Indications

References

  1. ↑ “NCI Thesaurus”.
  2. ↑ “R-CHOP – National Cancer Institute”.
  3. ↑ Perez EA, Geeraerts L, Suman VJ, Adjei AA, Baron AT, Hatfield AK; et al. (2002). “A randomized phase II study of sequential docetaxel and doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide in patients with metastatic breast cancer”. Ann Oncol. 13 (8): 1225–35. PMID 12181246.

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