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DHAP regimen

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

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

Indications

Indications

References

References

  1. 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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