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.
Humber River Regional Hospital, Weston, Ontario, Canada
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Quebec, Pavillion de Quebec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
William Osler Health Centre, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Trials Referral Office, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
Southwest Oncology Group, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, United Kingdom
Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States
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