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.
Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Department of Hematology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Hematology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Department of Hematology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, Spain
Hospital Universitario Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
Hospital Arquitecto Marcide, Ferrol, A Coruña, Spain
Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche, Alicante, Spain
Hospital General Universitario de Elda, Elda, Alicante, Spain
Hospital General de Elda, Elda, Alicante, Spain
Consorci Sanitari Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Alicante, Spain
Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
Hospital de la Ribera, Alcira, Valencia, Spain
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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