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  • noun A particular drug used in chemotherapy.

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Examples

  • 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.

    Completed studies on late effects of childhood cancer 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Armstrong had been on bleomycin, a drug that would've damaged his lungs and destroyed any shot at a return to the bike.

    USATODAY.com - Put Armstrong on U.S. pedestal 2002

  • The combination of drugs they would use would not include bleomycin.

    LANCE ARMSTRONG BILL GUTMAN 2003

  • 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

  • The Houston oncologists said they would continue using the drug bleomycin, the one that could damage his lungs.

    LANCE ARMSTRONG BILL GUTMAN 2003

  • 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

  • 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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