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DHAP regimen
Introduction
Overview
Overview
DHAP regimen refers to a chemotherapy regimen consisting of dexamethasone, high-dose cytarabine (Ara-C) and cisplatin, used to treat relapsed and refractory non-Hodgkin’s and Hodgkin’s lymphoma.[1]
Regimen
Regimen
DDexamethasone
HHigh Dose
ACytarabine (Ara-C)
PCisplatin
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Velasquez WS, Cabanillas F, Salvador P, McLaughlin P, Fridrik M, Tucker S; et al. (1988). “Effective salvage therapy for lymphoma with cisplatin in combination with high-dose Ara-C and dexamethasone (DHAP)”. Blood. 71 (1): 117–22. PMID 3334893.
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