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.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, California, United States
James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, California, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
New York Oncology Hematology, PC, Albany, New York, United States
St Joseph Oncology, Inc, St Joseph, Missouri, United States
Alliance Hematology Oncology PA, Westminster, Maryland, United States
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States
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