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.
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Cook Children's Medical Center - Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington, United States
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, Maryland, United States
NCI - Surgery Branch, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Trials Referral Office, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
CCOP - Carle Cancer Center, Urbana, Illinois, United States
CCOP - Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
State University of New York - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States
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