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.
St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga, Canada
Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario at Kingston, Kingston, Canada
Stronach Regional Health Centre at Southlake, Newmarket, Canada
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplant Institute of Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Lutheran General Cancer Care Center, Park Ridge, Illinois, United States
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra (HUC), Coimbra, Portugal
Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic
Algemeen Ziekenhuis Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Ireland Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States
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