FCM

FCM may refer to:

  • 1. FC Magdeburg
  • FC Midtjylland
  • Fuzzy cognitive map, a cognitive map which is processed based on fuzzy logic
  • Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, a French shipyard and historical tankproducer
  • Federation of Canadian Municipalities
  • Flash cache module, a variant of the dual-drive type of hybrid drives
  • Flow cytometry, a technique for counting microscopic particles suspended in fluid
  • Mexican Railway (reporting mark, short for Ferrocarril Mexicano)
  • Fuel containing material, a lava-like matter resulting from a reactor core meltdown
  • Franciscan Community of Mercy, a Franciscan religious order of the American National Catholic Church
  • Food contact materials
  • FCM (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen consisting of fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and mitoxantrone
  • Futures Commission Merchant
  • FCM (chemotherapy)

    FCM, or FMC in the context of chemotherapy is an acronym for a chemotherapy regimen that is often used in the treatment of indolent B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.

    In combination with Rituximab this regimen is called R-FCM or R-FMC, or FCM-R, FMC-R.

    The [R]-FCM regimen contains

  • (R)ituximab - anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody that can kill both normal and malignant CD20-bearing B cells;
  • (F)ludarabine - an antimetabolite;
  • (C)yclophosphamide - an alkylating antineoplastic agent from the oxazafosforine group;
  • (M)itoxantrone - a synthetic antracycline analogue (antraquinone) that can intercalate DNA, thereby preventing cell division.
  • The FCM or R-FCM regimen is also sometimes used in some autoimmune diseases that are inherently sensitive to the use of rituximab, fludarabine, mitoxantrone, and cyclophosphamide alone in monotherapies (e.g., in severe multiple sclerosis flares).

    Dosing regimen

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    FCM 36

    The FCM 36 or Char léger Modèle 1936 FCM, was a light infantry tank that was designed for the French Army prior to World War II. It had a crew of two and was equipped with a short 37 mm main armament and a 7.5 mm coaxial machine gun. Power was provided by a diesel engine.

    Development

    In 1933 the Hotchkiss company proposed to build a cheap mass-produced light infantry tank. In reaction to this proposal the French Army invited the whole of French industry to offer alternative designs. In the end three of the competing prototypes would be taken into production: the Hotchkiss H35, the Renault R35 and the FCM 36.

    The Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM), located at Toulon, had some previous experience with tank production as it had constructed the ten giant Char 2C tanks in 1921 and had been involved in the development of the Char B1. Engineer Boudrot, who had designed the suspension of the Char B, was ordered to create a modern tank design taking full advantage of the large electro-welding capacity of the wharf. In March 1934 he presented a wooden mock-up that was approved by the Army. On 2 April 1935 the prototype was delivered to the Commission de Vincennes, with a turret equipped with two machine-guns. The commission was quite impressed by the vehicle, especially because of its welded sloped armour and the use of a diesel engine promising a good range. It was a bit heavier than the specified nine metric tons at 10,168 kilogrammes. However the prototype was untestable because of mechanical problems. After the first evaluation had been finished on 9 June it was sent back to the manufacturer.

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