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IAC may refer to: Medicine * IAC (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen * Internal auditory canal Organizations * IAC (company), an American media company * International Academy of Ceramics * International Academy of Cytology, a scientific global NGO for cytopathologists and cytologists * India Against Corruption * Indigenous Advisory Council, an Australian government agency * Industrial Assessment Center, an American training program and research program * Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, an astrophysical research institute in the Canary Islands * InterAcademy Council, global network of academies of science, engineering, and medicine * Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, a rights organization * International Action Center, a leftist organization * International Advisory Council, operates the International Teletraffic Congress * International Aerobatic Club, an American sports governing body * International A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IAC (chemotherapy)
"7+3" in the context of chemotherapy is an acronym for a chemotherapy regimen that is most often used today (as of 2014) as first-line induction therapy (to induce remission (medicine), remission) in acute myelogenous leukemia, excluding the acute promyelocytic leukemia form, which is better treated with all-trans retinoic acid, ATRA and/or arsenic trioxide and requires less chemotherapy (if requires it at all, which is not always the case). The name "7+3" comes from the duration of chemotherapy course, which consists of 7 days of standard-dose cytarabine, and 3 days of an anthracycline antibiotic or an anthracenedione, most often daunorubicin (can be substituted for doxorubicin or idarubicin or mitoxantrone). Dosing regimen Standard-dose cytarabine plus daunorubicin (DA or DAC chemotherapy) Standard-dose cytarabine plus idarubicin (IA or IAC chemotherapy) Standard-dose cytarabine plus mitoxantrone (MA or MAC chemotherapy) Intensified versions There were attemp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |