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.
Northwestern Medicine Cancer Center Warrenville, Warrenville, Illinois, United States
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Cancer Center of Kansas-Independence, Independence, Kansas, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Caitlin Guzowski, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Breast cancer institute of Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Stockholm Southern Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
Sankt Gorans Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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