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.
University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland
Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Praxis Fur Hamatologie und Onkologie Ahaus, Ahaus, Germany
Hamatologische/Onkologische Gemeinschaftspraxis - Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
Onkologische Schwerpunktpraxis Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Helios Klinikum Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States
Charite - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin - Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Klinikum der Universitaet Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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