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What Are the CHOP Chemotherapy Side Effects?

April 26, 2017chemotherapy chop

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What Are the CHOP Chemotherapy Side Effects?

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The American Cancer Society describes CHOP as an acronym used to abbreviate four drugs in a chemotherapy regimen for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. CHOP represents the drugs cytoxan, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone. Three are chemotherapy agents and prednisone is a steroid. Together the medications are designed to kill cancer cells that are generally faster growing than normal cells. Because some body cells grow quickly, they may also be damaged, leading to side effects from treatment.