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Listed here are the common abbreviations used to denote combination chemotherapy regimens employed against cancer.
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z - Numeric Combination Chemotherapies
Name	Drugs in it
ABV	Doxorubicin Bleomycin Vinblastine
ABVD	Doxorubicin Bleomycin Vinblastine with Dacarbazine
AC - Breast	Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide
AC - Sarcoma (bony)	Doxorubicin Cisplatin
AC - Neuroblastoma Pediatric	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin
ACE	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Etoposide
ACe	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin
AD	Doxorubicin Dacarbazine
AP	Doxorubicin Cisplatin
ARAC-DNR	Cytarabine Daunorubicin
B-CAVe	Bleomycin Lomustine Doxorubicin Vinblastine
BCVPP	Carmustine Cyclophosphamide Vinblastine Procarbazine Prednisone
BEACOPP	Bleomycin Etoposide Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Procarbazine Prednisone Filgrastim
BEP	Bleomycin Etoposide Cisplatin
BIP	Bleomycin Cisplatin Ifosfamide Mesna
BOMP	Bleomycin Vincristine Cisplatin Mitomycin
CA	Cytarabine Asparaginase
CABO	Cisplatin Methotrexate Bleomycin Vincristine
CAF	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Fluorouracil
CAL-G	Cyclophosphamide Daunorubicin Vincristine Prednisone Asparaginase
CAMP	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Methotrexate Procarbazine
CAP	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Cisplatin
CaT	Carboplatin Paclitaxel
CAV	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Vincristine
CAVE	ADD to CAV: Etoposide
CA-VP16	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Etoposide
CC	Cyclophosphamide Carboplatin
CDDP/VP-16	Cisplatin Etoposide
CEF	Cyclophosphamide Epirubicin Fluorouracil
CEPP(B)	Cyclophosphamide Etoposide Prednisone with or without/ Bleomycin
CEV	Cyclophosphamide Etoposide Vincristine
CF	Cisplatin Fluorouracil   OR Carboplatin Fluorouracil
CHAP	Cyclophosphamide or Cyclophosphamide Altretamine Doxorubicin Cisplatin
ChlVPP	Chlorambucil Vinblastine Procarbazine Prednisone
CHOP	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Vincristine Prednisone
CHOP-BLEO	Add to CHOP: Bleomycin
CISCA	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Cisplatin
CLD-BOMP	Bleomycin Cisplatin Vincristine Mitomycin
CMF	Methotrexate Fluorouracil  Cyclophosphamide
CMFP	Cyclophosphamide Methotrexate Fluorouracil Prednisone
CMFVP	Cyclophosphamide Methotrexate Fluorouracil Vincristine Prednisone
CMV	Cisplatin Methotrexate Vinblastine
CNF	Cyclophosphamide Mitoxantrone Fluorouracil
CNOP	Cyclophosphamide Mitoxantrone Vincristine Prednisone
COB	Cisplatin Vincristine Bleomycin
CODE	Cisplatin Vincristine Doxorubicin Etoposide
COMLA	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Methotrexate Leucovorin Cytarabine
COMP	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Methotrexate Prednisone
Cooper Regimen	Cyclophosphamide Methotrexate Fluorouracil Vincristine Prednisone
COP	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Prednisone
COPE	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Cisplatin Etoposide
COPP	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Procarbazine Prednisone
CP - Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia	Chlorambucil Prednisone
CP - Ovarian Cancer	Cyclophosphamide Cisplatin
CT	Cisplatin Paclitaxel
CVD	Cisplatin Vinblastine Dacarbazine
CVI	Carboplatin Etoposide Ifosfamide Mesna
CVP	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Prednisome
CVPP	Lomustine Procarbazine Prednisone
CYVADIC	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Doxorubicin Dacarbazine
DA	Daunorubicin Cytarabine
DAT	Daunorubicin Cytarabine Thioguanine
DAV	Daunorubicin Cytarabine Etoposide
DCT	Daunorubicin Cytarabine Thioguanine
DHAP	Cisplatin Cytarabine Dexamethasone
DI	Doxorubicin Ifosfamide
DTIC/Tamoxifen	Dacarbazine Tamoxifen
DVP	Daunorubicin Vincristine Prednisone
EAP	Etoposide Doxorubicin Cisplatin
EC	Etoposide Carboplatin
EFP	Etoposie Fluorouracil Cisplatin
ELF	Etoposide Leucovorin Fluorouracil
EMA 86	Mitoxantrone Etoposide Cytarabine
EP	Etoposide Cisplatin
EVA	Etoposide Vinblastine
FAC	Fluorouracil Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide
FAM	Fluorouracil Doxorubicin Mitomycin
FAMTX	Methotrexate Leucovorin Doxorubicin
FAP	Fluorouracil Doxorubicin Cisplatin
F-CL	Fluorouracil Leucovorin
FEC	Fluorouracil Cyclophosphamide Epirubicin
FED	Fluorouracil Etoposide Cisplatin
FL	Flutamide Leuprolide
FOLFIRI	Irinotecan Fluorouracil Leucovorin
FOLFOX	Fluorouracil Leucovorin Oxaliplatin
FZ	Flutamide Goserelin acetate implant
HDMTX	Methotrexate Leucovorin
Hexa-CAF	Altretamine Cyclophosphamide Methotrexate Fluorouracil
ICE-T	Ifosfamide Carboplatin Etoposide Paclitaxel Mesna
IDMTX/6-MP	Methotrexate Mercaptopurine Leucovorin
IE	Ifosfamide Etoposie Mesna
IfoVP	Ifosfamide Etoposide Mesna
IPA	Ifosfamide Cisplatin Doxorubicin
M-2	Vincristine Carmustine Cyclophosphamide Prednisone Melphalan
MAC-III	Methotrexate Leucovorin Dactinomycin Cyclophosphamide
MACC	Methotrexate Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Lomustine
MACOP-B	Methotrexate Leucovorin Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Bleomycin Prednisone
MAID	Mesna Doxorubicin Ifosfamide Dacarbazine
m-BACOD	Bleomycin Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Dexamethasone Methotrexate Leucovorin
MBC	Methotrexate Bleomycin Cisplatin
MC	Mitoxantrone Cytarabine
MF	Methotrexate Fluorouracil Leucovorin
MICE	Ifosfamide Carboplatin Etoposide Mesna
MINE	Mesna Ifosfamide Mitoxantrone Etoposide
mini-BEAM	Carmustine Etoposide Cytarabine Melphalan
MOBP	Bleomycin Vincristine Cisplatin Mitomycin
MOP	Mechlorethamine Vincristine Procarbazine
MOPP	Mechlorethamine Vincristine Procarbazine Prednisone
MOPP/ABV	Mechlorethamine Vincristine Procarbazine Prednisone Doxorubicin Bleomycin Vinblastine
MP - multiple myeloma	Melphalan Prednisone
MP- prostate cancer	Mitoxantrone Prednisone
MTX/6-MO	Methotrexate Mercaptopurine
MTX/6-MP/VP	Methotrexate Mercaptopurine Vincristine Prednisone
MTX-CDDPAdr	Methotrexate Leucovorin Cisplatin Doxorubicin
MV - breast cancer	Mitomycin Vinblastine
MV - acute myelocytic leukemia	Mitoxantrone Etoposide
M-VAC	Methotrexate Vinblastine Doxorubicin Cisplatin
MVP	Mitomycin Vinblastine Cisplatin
MVPP	Mechlorethamine Vinblastine Procarbazine Prednisone
NFL	Mitoxantrone Fluorouracil Leucovorin
NOVP	Mitoxantrone Vinblastine Vincristine
OPA	Vincristine Prednisone Doxorubicin
OPPA	Add to OPA: Procarbazine
PAC	Cisplatin Doxorubicin
PAC-I	Cisplatin Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide
PA-CI	Cisplatin Doxorubicin
PC	Paclitaxel Carboplatin or Paclitaxel Cisplatin
PCV	Lomustine Procarbazine Vincristine
PE	Paclitaxel Estramustine
PFL	Cisplatin Fluorouracil Leucovorin
POC	Prednisone Vincristine Lomustine
ProMACE	Prednisone Methotrexate Leucovorin Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Etoposide
ProMACE/cytaBOM	Prednisone Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Etoposide Cytarabine Bleomycin Vincristine Methotrexate Leucovorin Cotrimoxazole
PRoMACE/MOPP	Prednisone Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Etoposide Mechlorethamine Vincristine Procarbazine Methotrexate Leucovorin
Pt/VM	Cisplatin Teniposide
PVA	Prednisone Vincristine Asparaginase
PVB	Cisplatin Vinblastine Bleomycin
PVDA	Prednisone Vincristine Daunorubicin Asparaginase
SMF	Streptozocin Mitomycin Fluorouracil
TAD	Mechlorethamine Doxorubicin Vinblastine Vincristine Bleomycin Etoposide Prednisone
TCF	Paclitaxel Cisplatin Fluorouracil
TIP	Paclitaxel Ifosfamide Mesna Cisplatin
TTT	Methotrexate Cytarabine Hydrocortisone
Topo/CTX	Cyclophosphamide Topotecan Mesna
VAB-6	Cyclophosphamide Dactinomycin Vinblastine Cisplatin Bleomycin
VAC Pulse	Vincristine Dactinomycin Cyclophosphamide
VAC Standard	Vincristine Dactinomycin Cyclophosphamide
VACAdr	Vincristine Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Dactinomycin Vincristine
VAD	Vincristine Doxorubicin Dexamethasone
VATH	Vinblastine Doxorubicin Thiotepa Flouxymesterone
VBAP	Vincristine Carmustine Doxorubicin Prednisone
VBCMP	Vincristine Carmustine Melphalan Cyclophosphamide Prednisone
VC	Vinorelbine Cisplatin
VCAP	Vincristine Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Prednisone
VD	Vinorelbine Doxorubicin
VelP	Vinblastine Cisplatin Ifosfamide Mesna
VIP	Etoposide Cisplatin Ifosfamide Mesna
VM	Mitomycin Vinblastine
VMCP	Vincristine Melphalan Cyclophosphamide Prednisone
VP	Etoposide Cisplatin
V-TAD	Etoposide Thioguanine Daunorubicin Cytarabine
5 + 2	Cytarabine Daunorubicin Mitoxantrone
7 + 3	Cytarabine with/ Daunorubicin or Idarubicin or Mitoxantrone
"8 in 1"	Methylprednisolone Vincristine Lomustine Procarbazine Hydroxyurea Cisplatin Cytarabine Dacarbazine