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Table 1 Chemotherapy treatment and drug classes

From: The effect of metronomic versus standard chemotherapy on the regulatory to effector T-cell equilibrium in cancer patients

Drug

Category

Frequency

Dose

Cancer type

Standard administration

Epirubicin

Anthracycline

2 W

100 mg/m2

Breast

Paclitaxel

Taxane

3 W

175 mg/m2

Breast

Carboplatin

Alkylating agent

3 W

AUC6

Lung, ovarian

Metronomic administration

Vinorelbine

Vinca alkaloid

5D

30 mg

Breast, lung, prostate

Capecitabine

Anti-metabolite

14Q21

2000 mg

Colorectal

Temozolomide

Alkylating agent

OD

100 mg

Colorectal

  1. 2 W: every 2 weeks, 3 W: every 3 weeks, 5D: every 5 days, 14Q21: 14 days every 21 days, OD: once daily (the cycle of chemotherapy treatment was 3 weeks), AUC: area under the curve.