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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
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.
It was established as Clinical Lymphoma in 2000, renamed to Clinical Lymphoma & Myeloma in 2005 and obtained its current name in 2010. The journal covers research on detection, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of lymphoma, myeloma, leukemia, and related disorders, including macroglobulinemia, amyloidosis, and plasma-cell dyscrasias.
Germ cell tumours, squamous cell carcinoma, pancreatic cancer, non-Hodgkin's, pleural sclerosing and Hodgkin's lymphoma. Pulmonary toxicity, hypersensitivity, scleroderma and Raynaud's phenomenon. Bortezomib: IV, SC: Proteasome inhibitor. Multiple myeloma, mantle cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma (orphan).
There is also an improved version of the regimen. In this version the chemotherapy dose varies from cycle to cycle depending on the patient's ability to tolerate chemotherapy and the degree of neutropenia and thrombocytopenia observed in this patient after each cycle. This approach is called "dose-adjusted EPOCH", or "DA-EPOCH" (DA-EPOCH-R, DA ...
Aggressive lymphoma, also known as high-grade lymphoma, is a group of fast growing non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [1]There are several subtypes of aggressive lymphoma. These include AIDS-associated lymphoma, angioimmunoblastic lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and peripheral T-cell lymphoma. [1]
FM in the context of chemotherapy means a chemotherapy regimen used as first-line therapy in indolent lymphomas. In combination with rituximab it is called R-FM or RFM or FM-R or FMR. The [R]-FM regimen consists of: ituximab - an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody that is able to kill both normal B cells and malignant ones; ludarabine - an ...
BEACOPP is a chemotherapy regimen for treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma developed by the German Hodgkin Study Group [1] used for patients in Stages > II or early (IA or IB) with unfavorable risk factors. [2] Patients typically receive treatment in cycles of 21 days with no drugs given on days 15–21. [3]