FEC regimen

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-003152",
  "term": "FEC regimen",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used with other types of therapy to treat breast cancer, including breast cancer that has spread or come back. It includes the drugs fluorouracil, epirubicin hydrochloride, and cyclophosphamide. Also called FEC.",
    "A regimen consisting of fluorouracil, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide used in the adjuvant setting and also for the treatment of recurrent and metastatic breast cancer."
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    "FEC",
    "fluorouracil-epirubicin-cyclophosphamide regimen",
    "CEF",
    "FEC 100",
    "CTX/EPI/5-FU",
    "CEF regimen"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/fec-regimen/"
}