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.
BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Weill Cornell University, New York, New York, United States
HealthOne Presbyterian St. Lukes Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, United States
Emory University, Altanta, Georgia, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington, United States
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, Washington, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Den Bosch, Netherlands
Deventer Ziekenhuis, Deventer, Netherlands
Catharina Ziekenhuis, Eindhoven, Netherlands
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Ospedale Civile, Castelfranco - TV, Italy
Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
Ospedale Sant Anna, Como, Italy
Knappschaft Krankenhaus, Bochum-Langendreer, Germany
Praxis Fuer Haematologie Internistische Onkologie, Cologne, Germany
St. Elisabeth-Krankenhaus - Koeln, Cologne, Germany
Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
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