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ABVD

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ABVD
abbr.
adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (chemotherapy regimen used to treat neoplastic diseases, such as Hodgkin's disease)

ABVD,
an anticancer drug combination of DOXOrubicin, bleomycin, vinBLASTine, and dacarbazine.

ABVD
Doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine Oncology A 'salvage' chemotherapy regimen used for Pts who have had disease–eg, lymphoma relapse after 1º RT or chemotherapy. See CHOP, MOPP, Salvage chemotherapy.


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Patients received two cycles of ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine), MOPP/ABV (mechlorethamine, vincristine, procarbazine, and prednisone), or other ABVD-like chemotherapy.
After surgery, the patient received 4 cycles of ABVD (doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine).
 
 
 
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