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ONCOVIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("Oncovin" is a kind of...):
periwinkle plant derivative (an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer)
Domain usage:
trade name (a name given to a product or service)
Context examples:
A chemotherapy regimen consisting of bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin), procarbazine and prednisone, used for the treatment of advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma.
(BEACOPP regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride (hydroxydaunorubicin), vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), and prednisone.
(CHOP, NCI Dictionary)
A chemotherapy regimen consisting of mechlorethamine, vincristine (Oncovin), procarbazine and prednisone, used alone or in combination with radiation therapy for the treatment of stage I-IV Hodgkin lymphoma.
(MOPP regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
A chemotherapy regimen consisting of etoposide, prednisone, vincristine (Oncovin) and doxorubicin hydrochloride (hydroxydaunorubicin hycrochloride), which may be used in combination with rituximab (R-EPOCH) for the treatment of various aggressive B cell and T cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
(EPOCH regimen, NCI Thesaurus)
