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- noun   A particular drug used inchemotherapy .
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								For the past decade, a modified chemotherapy regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone (COPP), together with adriamycin, bleomycin and vinblastine (ABV) has been used to treat patients with HD. 
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								On October 7, 1974, Cleland took the gamble: he enrolled as “patient zero” for BVP, the acronym for a new regimen containing bleomycin, vinblastine, and cisplatin abbreviated P for “platinum”. The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010 
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								On October 7, 1974, Cleland took the gamble: he enrolled as “patient zero” for BVP, the acronym for a new regimen containing bleomycin, vinblastine, and cisplatin abbreviated P for “platinum”. The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010 
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								On October 7, 1974, Cleland took the gamble: he enrolled as “patient zero” for BVP, the acronym for a new regimen containing bleomycin, vinblastine, and cisplatin abbreviated P for “platinum”. The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010 
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								Armstrong had been on bleomycin, a drug that would've damaged his lungs and destroyed any shot at a return to the bike. 
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								The combination of drugs they would use would not include bleomycin. LANCE ARMSTRONG BILL GUTMAN 2003 
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								Without going into all the medical ramifications and technicalities, Dr. Woolf was concerned about one of the drugs Lance was taking, bleomycin. LANCE ARMSTRONG BILL GUTMAN 2003 
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								The Houston oncologists said they would continue using the drug bleomycin, the one that could damage his lungs. LANCE ARMSTRONG BILL GUTMAN 2003 
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								They admitted the bleomycin would tear up his lungs and that even if he recovered, he would likely never be able to race again. LANCE ARMSTRONG BILL GUTMAN 2003 
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								He was told he would be taking a cocktail of three drugs—bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin. LANCE ARMSTRONG BILL GUTMAN 2003 
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