EPOCH regimen

Definition / meaning of EPOCH regimen

A chemotherapy regimen consisting of etoposide, prednisone, vincristine (Oncovin) and doxorubicin hydrochloride (hydroxydaunorubicin hycrochloride), which may be used in combination with rituximab (R-EPOCH) for the treatment of various aggressive B cell and T cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. (NCI Thesaurus)

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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