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.
Cardiff and vale University LHB, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom
NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Centro de Hematología y Medicina Interna, Puebla, Mexico
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