Table 1.

Chemotherapy regimens used for common malignancies

CANCER TYPEDRUGS IN REGIMENREGIMEN ABBREVIATION
Colon

  • Leucovorin, 5-FU, oxaliplatin

  • Leucovorin, 5-FU, irinotecan

FOLFOX
FOLFIRI
Breast

  • 5-FU, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide-docetaxel

  • 5-FU, doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide

  • Doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide/paclitaxel

FEC-D
FAC
AC/T
Germ cell

  • Bleomycin, etoposide, cisplatin

BEP
Pancreatic

  • Leucovorin, 5-FU, irinotecan, oxaliplatin

FOLFIRINOX
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

  • Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone

CHOP

  • 5-FU—5-fluorouracil.

  • Data from Kerr et al6 and Eguzo et al.7