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.
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czechia
Hopital Debrousse, Lyon, France
Charles University Hospital, Prague 5, Czechia
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Addenbrooke's Hospital at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland
Universitaetsfrauenklinik Frankfurt, Neu-Isenburg, Germany
Regional university hospital, Rennes, France
REgional Hospital, Tours, France
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