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PAD regimen

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006250

  1. An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat multiple myeloma. It includes the drugs bortezomib, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), and dexamethasone. Also called PAD.

  2. A chemotherapy regimen containing bortezomib, doxorubicin and dexamethasone regimen used in the treatment of plasma cell myeloma.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006250
FieldOncology and biomedicine
AbbreviationPAD
SynonymsPAD; bortezomib-doxorubicin-dexamethasone regimen; bortezomib/doxorubicin/dexamethasone regimen; Velcade/adriamycin/dexamethasone regimen; bortezomib/ dexamethasone/doxorubicin; PS-341/Adriamycin/dexamethasone 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-006250",
  "term": "PAD regimen",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat multiple myeloma. It includes the drugs bortezomib, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), and dexamethasone. Also called PAD.",
    "A chemotherapy regimen containing bortezomib, doxorubicin and dexamethasone regimen used in the treatment of plasma cell myeloma."
  ],
  "abbreviation": "PAD",
  "synonyms": [
    "PAD",
    "bortezomib-doxorubicin-dexamethasone regimen",
    "bortezomib/doxorubicin/dexamethasone regimen",
    "Velcade/adriamycin/dexamethasone regimen",
    "bortezomib/ dexamethasone/doxorubicin",
    "PS-341/Adriamycin/dexamethasone regimen"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/pad-regimen/"
}

Record 12,503 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.