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.
National Cancer Institute Surgery Branch, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Queen Elizabeth Hospital at University Hospital of Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Sussex Cancer Centre at Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Burnley General Hospital, Burnley, England, United Kingdom
Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, California, United States
Mason District Hospital, Havana, Illinois, United States
Perry Memorial Hospital, Princeton, Illinois, United States
Carle Cancer Center at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana, Illinois, United States
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, New York, United States
Centre Hospitalier Etterbeek Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
AZ Groeninge - Oncologisch Centrum, Kortrijk, Belgium
Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, California, United States
Wake Forest University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center @ Suffolk, Commack, New York, United States
Cancer Institute of New Jersey at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering at Basking Ridge, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
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