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OEPA regimen

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006022

  1. An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination that is often used with radiation therapy to treat a certain type of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma in males. It includes the drugs vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), etoposide, prednisone, and doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin). Also called OEPA.

  2. A regimen consisting of vincristine, etoposide, prednisone and doxorubicin for the treatment of male patients with childhood Hodgkin lymphoma.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006022
FieldOncology and biomedicine
SynonymsOEPA; GPOH-HD 95 regimen; Oncovin-Etoposide-Prednisone-Adriamycin Regimen
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms; National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006022",
  "term": "OEPA regimen",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination that is often used with radiation therapy to treat a certain type of childhood Hodgkin lymphoma in males. It includes the drugs vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), etoposide, prednisone, and doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin). Also called OEPA.",
    "A regimen consisting of vincristine, etoposide, prednisone and doxorubicin for the treatment of male patients with childhood Hodgkin lymphoma."
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    "OEPA",
    "GPOH-HD 95 regimen",
    "Oncovin-Etoposide-Prednisone-Adriamycin Regimen"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/oepa-regimen/"
}

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