what is cav
CAV is the name of a combination of chemotherapy drugs used to treat small cell lung cancer and small cell cancers in other parts of the body.It is made up of the drugs. 1  C = Cyclophosphamide.ow you have CAV treatment. You have these drugs into your bloodstream (intravenously). Doxorubicin is a red fluid. Vincristine and cyclophosphamide are clear fluids. You can have them through a thin, short tube (a cannula) put into a vein in your arm each time you have treatment.