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Drugs Commonly Used For Treating Malignant Lymphomas

Chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (choice of regimen depends on stage and cell type)

CHOP (cytoxan, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone)
ProMACE-MOPP (cytoxan, etoposide, doxorubicin,
    mechlorethamine, procarbazine, high-dose methotrexate
    with leukovorin rescue and prednisone)
BACOP (bleomycin, doxorubicin, cytoxan, vincristine, prednisone)
APO (doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone, methotrexate,
    6-mercaptopurine)
L10 or L17 protocols used for adult lymphocytic leukemia
CHOP plus other agents--cytoxan, doxorubicin, vincristine,
    prednisone plus asparaginase plus maintenance with
    methotrexate and 6-mercaptopurine
m-BACOD (intermediate-dose methotrexate, bleomycin,
    doxorubicin, cytoxan, vincristine, dexamethasone)
MACOP-B (methotrexate with leucovorin rescue, doxorubicin,
   cytoxan, vincristine, prednisone, bleomycin)
ProMACE-CytaBOM (cytoxan, etoposide, doxorubicin, prednisone,
    cytarabine, bleomycin, vincristine, intermediate-dose
    methotrexate)
COPP (cytoxan, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone)
COMLA (cytoxan, vincristine, methotrexate with leucovorin
    rescue, cytarabine)
CVP (cytoxan, vincristine, prednisone)
Cytoxan as a single agent
Chlorambucil as a single agent

Chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma (choice of regimen depends on stage and cell type)

ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine)
LOPP (chlorambucil, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone)
MOPP (mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, prednisone)
MVPP (mechlorethamine, vinblastine, procarbazine, prednisone)
MVVPP (mechlorethamine, vincristine, vinblastine, procarbazine,
    prednisone)
ChlVPP (chlorambucil, vinblastine, procarbazine, prednisone)
CVPP (cytoxan, vinblastine, procarbazine, prednisone)
PAVE (procarbazine, melphalan, vinblastine)
BCVPP (bleomycin, cytoxan, vinblastine, procarbazine, prednisone)
MOPP/ABV (mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine,
    prednisone plus doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine)
MOPP/ABVD (mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine,
    prednisone alternating with doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine,
    dacarbazine)

Hormones (not effective as a single agent; used in combined chemotherapy regimens)

Biological Response Modifiers (under clinical evaluation)

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