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R-CHOP regimen
Introduction
Synonyms and keywords: Rituximab-Cyclophosphamide-Hydroxydaunorubicin-Oncovin-Prednisone regimen
Overview
Overview
R-CHOP regimen refers to an immunochemotherapy regimen consisting of rituximab, cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin hydrochloride (doxorubicin hydrochloride), vincristine (Oncovin) and prednisone used to treat both indolent and aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.[1][2]
Regimen
Regimen
RRituximab
CCyclophosphamide
HDoxorubicin (Hydroxydaunomycin)
OVincristine (Oncovin)
PPrednisone
References
References
- ↑ “NCI Thesaurus”.
- ↑ “R-CHOP – National Cancer Institute”.
- ↑ Coiffier, Bertrand (2002-01-24). “CHOP chemotherapy plus rituximab compared with CHOP alone in elderly patients with diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma”. The New England Journal of Medicine. 346 (4): 235–242. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa011795. ISSN 1533-4406. PMID 11807147. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help) - ↑ Kluin-Nelemans, H. C. (2012-08-09). “Treatment of older patients with mantle-cell lymphoma”. The New England Journal of Medicine. 367 (6): 520–531. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1200920. ISSN 1533-4406. PMID 22873532. Unknown parameter
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