Common Chemotherapeutic Acronyms

Abbreviation	Use	Regimen	Frequency
ABDIC	Hodgkin’s (MOPP resistant)	Doxorubicin Bleomycin Dacarbazine CCNU, Prednisone	Every 4 weeks
ABVD	Hodgkin’s (MOPP resistant)	Doxorubicin Bleomycin Vinblastine Dacarbazine	Twice monthly until remission, then 2 more cycles
ACE	Small cell lung ca	Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Etoposide	Every 3 weeks
ACe	Metastatic or recurrent breast ca and ovarian ca	Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide	Every 3-4 weeks
AP	Advanced ovarian ca	Doxorubicin Cisplatin	Every 3 weeks
A-COPP	Hodgkin’s	Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Procarbazine Prednisone	Every 6 weeks for 6 cycles
ADR+BCNU	Alkylator resistant Multiple Myeloma	Doxorubicin Carmustine	Every 3-4weeks
ARA-C+ADR	AML	Cytarabine Doxorubicin	Every 2-4 weeks
ARA-C+ADR+VCR+ Prednisone	AML	Cytarabine Doxorubicin Vincristine Prednisone	Every 2-4 weeks
ARA-C+6-TG	AML	Cytarabine Thioguanine	Every month until remission
ARA-C+6-TG+DNR	AML	Cytarabine Thioguanine Daunorubicin	Every 2-4 weeks
ARA-C+DNR	ALL	Cytarabine Daunorubicin	Every 2-4 weeks
ARA-C+DNR+6-TG +VCR+Pred	ALL	Cytarabine Daunorubicin Thioguanine Vincristine Prednisone	Every 2-4 weeks
ARA-C+DNR+MP+ Pred	AML	Cytarabine Daunorubicin Mercaptopurine Prednisone	Every week until remission
BACOP	Non-Hodgkin’s	Bleomycin Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Prednisone	Every 4 weeks
B-CAVe	Advanced Hodgkin’s	Bleomycin CCNU Doxorubicin Vinblastine
BCVPP	Hodgkin’s	Carmustine Cyclophosphamide Vinblastine Procarbazine Prednisone	Every 4 weeks
CAF	Metastatic breast ca	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Flourouracil	Every 4 weeks until doxorubicin is therapeutic then add methotrexate
CAMP	Non-Small lung ca	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Methotrexate Procarbazine	Every 4 weeks
CAP	Non-Small lung ca and advanced ovarian ca	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Cisplatin	Every 4 weeks
CAV	Small cell lung ca	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Vincristine	Every 3 weeks
CAVe	Hodgkin’s resistant to MOPP	Lomustine Doxorubicin Vinblastin	Every 6 weeks
CHL+Pred	CLL	Chlorambucil Prednisone	Every other week
CHOP	Non Hodgkin’s	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Vincristine Prednisone	Every 3-4 weeks
CHOR	Small cell lung ca	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Vincristine Prednisone	Every 3-4 weeks
CISCA	Urinary tract metastatic	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Cispltatin	Every 3 weeks
CISCA-II/VB-IV	Germ Cell tumors	Cyclophosphamide Doxorubicin Cisplatin Vinblastine Bleomycin	Every 3-4 weeks
CMC	Small cell lung ca	Cyclophosphamide Methotrexate Lomustine	One cycle only
CMF	Metastatic or recurrent breast ca	Cyclophosphamide Methotrexate Flourouracil	Every 3-4 weeks
CMFP	Metastatic breast ca	Cyclophosphamide Methotrexate Flourouracil Prednisone	Every 4 weeks
CMFVP(Cooper’s Regimen)	Metastatic or recurrent breast ca	Cyclophosphamide Methotrexatre Flourouracil Vincristine, Prednisone	Every week for eight weeks
COMLA	Non-hodgkin’s	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Cytarabine Methotrexate Leucovorin	Every 12 weeks
COP	Non-hodgkin’s	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Prednisone	Every 3 weeks
COP-BLAM	Non-hodgkin’s	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Prednisone Bleomycin Doxorubicin Procarbazine	Every 3 weeks
COPP	Non-hodgkin’s	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine Procarbazine Prednisone	Every 4 weeks
CVP	Non-hodgkin’s	Cyclophosphamide Vincristine	Every 3 weeks
CVAD	Soft tissue sarcomas	Cylophosphamide Doxorubicin Dacarbazine	Every 3 weeks
FAC	Breast ca	Flourouracil Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide	Every 3 weeks
FAM	Non small lung ca	Flourouracil Doxorubicin mitomycin	Every 8 weeks
FOMi	Non small cell lung ca	Flourouracil Vincristine Mitomycin	Every 3 weeks
M-2 Protocol	Multiple Myeloma	Vincristine Carmustine Cyclophosphamide Melphalan Prednisone	Every 3-4 weeks
MAC	Advanced ovarian ca	Mitomycin Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide	Every 3 weeks
MACC	Non small lung ca	Methotrexate Doxorubicin Cyclophosphamide Lomustine	Every 3 weeks
MAP	Multiple Myeloma	Melphalan Doxorubicin Prednisone	Every 4 weeks
MOPP	Hodgkin’s	Mechlorethamine Vincristine Procarbazine Prednisone	Every 4 weeks
MOPP/ABVD	Advanced Hodgkin’s	Mechlorethamine Vincristine Procarbazine Prednisone	Every other month Continued next page
MOPP/ABVD continued		Alternate with Doxorubicin Bleomycin Vinblastine Dacarbazine	Every other month
MOPP-LO BLEO	Hodgkin’s	Mechloroethamine Vincristine Procarbazine Prednisone Bleomycin	Every 4 weeks
MPL+Pred	Multiple Myeloma	Melphalan Prednisone	Every 4 weeks
MTX + MP	ALL	Methotrexate Mercaptopurine
MTX+MP+CTX	ALL	Methotrexate Mercaptopurine Cyclophosphamide
M-VAC	Transitional cell bladder cancer	Methotrexate Vinblastine Doxorubicin Cisplatin	Every 4 weeks
MV1b	Metastatic or recurrent breast cancer	Mitomycin Vinblastine Procarbazine	Every 6-8 weeks
POCC	Small cell lung ca	Procarbazine Vincristine Cyclophosphamide Lomustine	Every 4 weeks
PVB	Testicular ca	Cisplatin Vinblastine Bleomycin	Every 3 weeks
VAB-6	Testicular ca	Cyclophosphamide Dactinomycin Vinblastine Bleomycin Cisplatin	Every 3-4 weeks x2
VAC	Soft tissue sarcomas (rhabdomyosarcoma)	Vincristine Dactinomycin Cyclophosphamide	Every 3 months
VAD	Refractory multiple myeloma	Vincrstine Doxorubicin Cyclophoposphamide	Every 25 days
VBAP	Multiple myeloma	Vincristine Carmustine Doxorubicin Prednisone	Every 3 weeks
VBP	Disseminated testicular ca	Vinblastine Cisplatin Bleomycin	Every 4 weeks
VMCP	Multiple myeloma	Vincristine Melphalan Cyclophosphamide	Every 3 weeks
VP	ALL	Vincristine Prednisone	One cycle only