PEB regimen

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006424",
  "term": "PEB regimen",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used in children to treat certain types of malignant (cancer) germ cell tumors that are not in the brain. It includes the drugs cisplatin (Platinol), etoposide phosphate, and bleomycin sulfate. Also called PEB.",
    "A chemotherapy regimen consisting of bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin used for the treatment of pediatric germ cell tumors (GCT). In the PEB regimen, the pediatric patients receive bleomycin once per cycle and do not receive weekly bleomycin during the weeks between cycles (every 21 days); in the adult BEP regimen, patients receive weekly bleomycin."
  ],
  "abbreviation": "PEB",
  "synonyms": [
    "PEB",
    "cisplatin/etoposide/bleomycin",
    "pediatric PEB",
    "pediatric BEP regimen",
    "platinol-etoposide-bleomycin regimen",
    "cisplatin-etoposide-bleomycin regimen"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/peb-regimen/"
}