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.
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Center for Cancer Treatment and Research, Columbia, South Carolina, United States
West Virginia University Medical School, Charleston Division, Charleston, West Virginia, United States
Simmons Cancer Center - Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
CCOP - Atlanta Regional, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
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