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FCM, or FMC in the context of chemotherapy is an acronym for a chemotherapy regimen that is used in the treatment of indolent B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. In combination with Rituximab, this regimen is called R-FCM or R-FMC, or FCM-R, FMC-R. The [R]-FCM regimen contains
As of 2007, ABVD is widely used as the initial chemotherapy treatment for newly diagnosed Hodgkin lymphoma. [citation needed] It has been the most effective and least toxic chemotherapy regimen available for treating early-stage Hodgkin Lymphoma. [1]
Epstein–Barr virus positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified (EBV+ DLBCL, NOS) is a form of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL) accounting for around 10-15% of DLBCL cases. DLBCL are lymphomas in which B-cell lymphocytes proliferate excessively, invade multiple tissues, and often causes life-threatening tissue damage.
Stanford V (usually spoken as Stanford Five), is a chemotherapy regimen (with accompanying Radiation therapy) intended as a first-line treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma.The regimen was developed in 1988, with the objective of maintaining a high remission rate while reducing the incidence of acute and long term toxicity, pulmonary damage, and sterility observed in alternative treatment regimens ...
In order to develop more effective first-line chemotherapy regimen for aggressive lymphomas, some researchers tried to add toposide to the standard [R]-CHOP regimen. [7] There were also attempts to further improve the efficacy of the [R]-CHOEP regimen with escalating the chemotherapy doses. This mode was called [R]-High-CHOEP. However, it did ...
ICE in the context of chemotherapy is an acronym for one of the chemotherapy regimens, used in salvage treatment of relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Hodgkin lymphoma. In case of CD20-positive B cell lymphoid malignancies the ICE regimen is often combined today with rituximab. This regimen is then called ICE-R or R-ICE or RICE.
Dacarbazine, also known as imidazole carboxamide and sold under the brand name DTIC-Dome, is a chemotherapy medication used in the treatment of melanoma and Hodgkin's lymphoma. [3] For Hodgkin's lymphoma it is often used together with vinblastine, bleomycin, and doxorubicin. [3] It is given by injection into a vein. [3]
[7] MALT lymphoma differs from DFL by having: lesions which commonly lie in the stomach and other tissues outside of the GI tract sites outlined in the Presentation section [6] (except for a special subtype of malt lymphoma termed immunoproliferative small intestinal disease that is endemic to the Middle East [10]); involvement of malignant B ...