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.
U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
London Regional Cancer Program, London, Ontario, Canada
Univ. Health Network-Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre at Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, England, United Kingdom
Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom
Portsmouth Oncology Centre at Saint Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth Hants, England, United Kingdom
U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Hospital center, Brive La Gaillarde, France
Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont Ferrand, France
Edouard Herriot University Hospital, Lyon, France
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Centre Regional Rene Gauducheau, Nantes-Saint Herblain, France
Centre Henri Becquerel, Rouen, France
Centre Hospitalier Regional - Dermatology, Lille, France
Centre Oscar Lambret, Lille, France
Hopital Saint Vincent, Lille, France
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