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.
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/MIRT, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/MIRT, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Cochrane Cancer Network, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C., Syracuse, New York, United States
Vermont Cancer Center, Burlington, Vermont, United States
State University of New York - Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
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