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M-BACOD 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: m-BACOD Regimen; Methotrexate-Bleomycin-Adriamycin-Cytoxan-Oncovin-Decadron Regimen

Overview

Overview

M-BACOD regimen refers to a regimen consisting of methotrexate, bleomycin, doxorubicin (adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine and dexamethasone used to treat aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.[1][2]

Regimen

Regimen

MMethotrexate

BBleomycin

ADoxorubicin (Adriamycin)

CCyclophosphamide

OVincristine (Oncovin)

DDexamethasone

Indications

Indications

References

References

  1. “NCI Thesaurus”.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shipp MA, Yeap BY, Harrington DP, Klatt MM, Pinkus GS, Jochelson MS; et al. (1990). “The m-BACOD combination chemotherapy regimen in large-cell lymphoma: analysis of the completed trial and comparison with the M-BACOD regimen”. J Clin Oncol. 8 (1): 84–93. PMID 1688615.
  3. “NCI Thesaurus”.

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