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CHOEP regimen
Introduction
Synonyms and keywords: CHOPE; VACOP
Overview
Overview
CHOEP regimen refers to an immunochemotherapy regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin(hydroxydaunorubicin), Vincristine (Oncovin), Etoposide, Prednisone of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[1][2]
Regimen
Regimen
CCyclophosphamide
HDoxorubicin (Hydroxydaunomycin)
OVincristine (Oncovin)
EEtoposide
PPrednisone
References
References
- ↑ “NCI Thesaurus”.
- ↑ “R-CHOP – National Cancer Institute”.
- ↑ Pfreundschuh M, Trümper L, Kloess M, Schmits R, Feller AC, Rudolph C; et al. (2004). “Two-weekly or 3-weekly CHOP chemotherapy with or without etoposide for the treatment of young patients with good-prognosis (normal LDH) aggressive lymphomas: results of the NHL-B1 trial of the DSHNHL”. Blood. 104 (3): 626–33. doi:10.1182/blood-2003-06-2094. PMID 14982884.
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