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.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, California, United States
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Oregon Health and Science University Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States
Desert Regional Medical Center Comprehensive Cancer Center, Palm Springs, California, United States
Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
Mayo Clinic Cancer Research Consortium, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Divisione di Oncologia Medica C, Napoli, Italy
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