R-CVP regimen

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-007236",
  "term": "R-CVP regimen",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat indolent (slow-growing) non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It includes the drugs rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate, and prednisone. Also called R-CVP.",
    "A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone (CVP) and rituximab that may be used in the treatment of some forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), including follicular lymphoma, gastric and nongastric MALT lymphomas, nodal marginal zone lymphoma (NMZL) and splenic marginal zone lymphoma (SMZL), Castleman disease and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders."
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    "R-CVP",
    "rituximab-cyclophosphamide-vincristine-prednisone regimen",
    "CVP-rituximab",
    "CVP/rituximab",
    "cyclophosphamide/prednisone/rituximab/vincristine",
    "cyclophosphamide/vincristine/prednisone/rituximab"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/r-cvp-regimen/"
}