MOPP and ABVD therapy for the treatment of Hodgkin's disease are treatment protocols using:
a. multiple medications given concurrently.
b. a combination of heat and exercise and chemotherapy.
c. alternating radiation and chemotherapy every 4 weeks.
d. chemotherapy and alternative herbal re-medies.
A
MOPP and ABVD are chemotherapy treatment protocols using a combination of four drugs giv-en concurrently. MOPP is the acronym for the drugs mechlorethamine, vincristine (Oncovin), procarbazine, and prednisone. ABVD is the acronym for the drugs doxorubicin (Adriamycin), bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine. This treatment protocol is usually used for stages III and IV of the disease.
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