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.
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Childrens Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Asan Medical Cener, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Rigshospitalet - Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland
Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan
Shikoku Cancer Center, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime, Japan
National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, Japan
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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