Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
CHOP regimen Audio
chop reg·i·men [ ... reh-jih-men ]
Definitions related to chop regimen:
  • A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone that may be used to treat AIDS-related B-cell lymphomas, blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN), Castleman disease, primary cutaneous CD30+ T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders, post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders, T-cell lymphomas, Hodgkin lymphoma and other non-Hodgkin lymphoma, including Burkitt lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • An abbreviation for a chemotherapy combination that is used to treat non-Hodgkin lymphoma and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. It includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride (hydroxydaunorubicin), vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), and prednisone.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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