Carboplatin/Etoposide Regimen

**Semantic type:** Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure

**Definition:** A regimen consisting of carboplatin and etoposide that can be used in the treatment of small cell lung cancer (SCLC), Merkel cell carcinoma, malignant germ cell and adrenal gland tumors, prostate, central nervous system (CNS), breast, head and neck, cervical and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), non-pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma, recurrent glioblastoma, certain neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), NETs of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, lung, and thymus, and extrapulmonary poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma, large or small cell carcinoma and mixed neuroendocrine-non-neuroendocrine neoplasm.

**Synonyms:** - Carboplatin and Etoposide (CE) - Carboplatin-Etoposide - Carboplatin-Etoposide Regimen - Carboplatin/Etoposide - EC - EC Regimen - Etoposide-Carboplatin Regimen - Etoposide/Carboplatin - VC