VAC chemotherapy

VAC and VAI are chemotherapy protocols that are used in Ewing's sarcoma - in addition to BuMel as an alternative in severe cases - in the second cycle of treatment according to the EURO-EWING99 study. They consist of the named substances:

• Vincristine
• Actinomycin D as well
• Cyclophosphamide or ifosfamide

Side effects of this chemotherapy are hair loss , headache , leukopenia, and nausea .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Universitäts KrebsCentrum Dresden ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at krebscentrum.de, accessed on May 14, 2016. 
2. ↑ Ewing sarcoma at onkopedia.com, accessed on May 14, 2016th

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