Precursor of an alkylating nitrogen mustard antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agent that must be activated in the liver to form the active aldophosphamide. It has been used in the treatment of lymphoma and leukemia. Its side effect, alopecia, has been used for defleecing sheep. Cyclophosphamide may also cause sterility, birth defects, mutations, and cancer.
Cyclophosphamide is indicated for the treatment of malignant lymphomas, multiple myeloma, leukemias, mycosis fungoides (advanced disease), neuroblastoma (disseminated disease), adenocarcinoma of the ovary, retinoblastoma, and carcinoma of the breast. It is also indicated for the treatment of biopsy-proven minimal change nephrotic syndrome in pediatric patients.
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Rocky Mountain Cancer Center, Denver, Colorado, United States
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Hollings Cancer Center at Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States
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