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Published in final edited form as: Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2009 Sep 1;15(12):1628–1633. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2009.07.004

Table 1.

Example of myeloablative, and nonmyeloablative regimens according to commonly used agents and combinations. Reduced intensity regimens (RIC) are regimens which do not fit these two categories; examples of these regimens in the text-

Myeloablative (MA)^*
TBI ≥5 Gy single dose or ≥8 Gy fractionated
Bu > 8 mg/kg PO or IV equivalent


Nonmyeloablative (NMA)^**
TBI ≤ 2 Gy± purine analog
Flu + Cy ± ATG
Flu +AraC + Ida
Cladribine + AraC
Total Lymphoid Irradiation + ATG

Abbreviations: AraC, cytarabine; ATG, anti-thymocyte globulin; Bu, busulfan; Gy, grays; Cy, cyclophosphamide; Flu, fludarabine; Ida, idarubicin; TBI, total body irradiation

see ref 1

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see ref 12, 17,32,33,34