Treatment Abbreviations

Common Chemotherapy and Biologic Therapy Abbreviations

5-FU5-Fluorouracil
6-MPMercaptopurine
6-TGThioguanine
ABVE-PCDoxorubicin (Adriamycin), Bleomycin, Vincristine, Etoposide, Prednisone, Cyclophosphamide
AMDActinomycin-D/Dactinomycin
Ara-CCytarabine/Cytosine Arabinoside
AspAsparaginase
ATGAnti-Thymocyte Globulin (ATGAM)
BEAMCarmustine (BiCNU), Etoposide, Cytarabine (Ara-C), Melphalan
BCNUCarmustine
CAR T/CAR-T/CARTChimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell Therapy
CCNUChloroethyl-Cyclohexyl-Nitrosourea/Lomustine
Cisplat Cisplatin
CTXCyclophosphamide
DECANandrolone Decanoate/Deca-Durabolin
Dexa/DexDexamethasone
Dox/DoxoDoxorubicin
EtopEtoposide 
EZN-2285Form of Peg-Asparaginase: Calaspargase Pegol (Asparlas)
IdaIdarubicin
IFosIfosfamide
IL-2/ChimericInterleukin-2
ITIntrathecal
IVAC/IVARACIfosfamide, Etoposide, and Cytarabine/IVAC with Rituximab
MTXMethotrexate
NECTARNelarabine, Etoposide, and Cyclophosphamide
OPPA/OPPA DoxoVincristine (Oncovin), Prednisone, Procarbazine (Adriamycin)/OPPA and Doxorubicin
PDNPrednisone
Peg-AspPegylated Asparaginase
TITTriple Intrathecal (Hydrocortisone, Ara-c, Methotrexate)
TKITyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy (a type of anti-cancer medication)
VACVincristine, Adriamycin, Cyclophosphamide
VAdriaC/IEVincristine, Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), Cyclophosphamide, Ifosfamide, Etoposide (VP-16)
VCRVincristine
VinVincristine
VP/VP-16Etoposide