VAC regimen

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009120",
  "term": "VAC regimen",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination used to treat rhabdomyosarcoma in children. It is also used to treat certain types of ovarian germ cell tumors. VAC regimen includes the drugs vincristine sulfate, dactinomycin (actinomycin-D), and cyclophosphamide. Also called VAC.",
    "A regimen consisting of vincristine, dactinomycin and cyclophosphamide that may be used for the treatment of Ewing sarcoma, mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), malignant sex cord-stromal tumors and malignant germ cell tumors."
  ],
  "abbreviation": "VAC",
  "synonyms": [
    "VAC",
    "vincristine/actinomycin-D/cyclophosphamide",
    "vincristine/dactinomycin/cyclophosphamide",
    "cyclophosphamide/dactinomycin/vincristine"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/vac-regimen/"
}