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.
Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India
Cancer Institute (W.I.A.), Madras, India
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Christie Hospital N.H.S. Trust, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Hope Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States
Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Saint Jude Midwest Affiliate, Peoria, Illinois, United States
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
Providence Hospital - Southfield, Southfield, Michigan, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
CCOP - Atlanta Regional, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Klinikum der J.W. Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt, Germany
University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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