What is "eshap"

ESHAP is an acronym for relatively intensive chemotherapy regimen that is used for salvage therapy in relapsed or refractory lymphomas and Hodgkin disease. In combination with monoclonal antibody Rituximab it is called R-ESHAP or ESHAP-R.

[R]-ESHAP consists of:

1. (R)ituximab, an anti-CD20-directed monoclonal antibody that kills both normal and malignant B-lymphocytes
2. (E)toposide, an epipodofyllotoxin topoisomerase inhibitor
3. (S)olu-Medrol - Methylprednisolone, which is a glucocorticoid that can lyse lymphocytes
4. (H)igh-dose (A)ra-C - cytarabine
5. (P)latinol - Cisplatin, an platinum-based antineoplastic agent with an alkylating mechanism;