PEB Regimen

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** A regimen consisting of bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin used for the treatment of pediatric germ cell tumors (GCT). In the PEB regimen, the pediatric patients receive bleomycin once per cycle and do not receive weekly bleomycin during the weeks between cycles (every 21 days); in the adult BEP regimen, patients receive weekly bleomycin.

**Synonyms:** - Cisplatin-Etoposide-Bleomycin Regimen - Cisplatin/Etoposide/Bleomycin - PEB - Pediatric BEP Regimen - Pediatric PEB - Pediatric PEB Regimen - Platinol-Etoposide-Bleomycin Regimen