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.
Hospital Clinico Universitario de Salamanca;Servicio de Hematologia, Salamanca, Spain
Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke'S Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
St. James's Hospital, Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
St. Radboud University Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Ireland Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
Temple University Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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