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abvd
init. adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine; a suite of chemotherapy drugs.
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ABVD
ABVD is a chemotherapy regimen used in the first-line treatment of Hodgkin lymphoma, supplanting the older MOPP protocol. It consists of concurrent treatment with the chemotherapy drugs:
- (A)driamycin (also known as doxorubicin/ (H)ydroxydaunorubicin, designated as H in CHOP)
- (B)leomycin
- (V)inblastine
- (D)acarbazine (similar to (P)rocarbazine, designated as P in MOPP and in COPP)