MACE Medication Aide

Category - MACE

What do the “B” and the “M” in the chemotherapeutic combination BEAM represent?
  1. BCNU (carmustine) and melphalan
  2. Bendamustine and melphalan
  3. BCNU (carmustine) and meloxicam
  4. Bleomycin and Matulane (procarbazine)
Explanation
Answer: A - The “B” in the gold-standard antineoplastic combination BEAM, used in non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL), is BCNU or carmustine, an alkylating agent. The M is for melpahlan, a mustard derivative,
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