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.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Ospedale San Eugenio, Rome, Italy
Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium
Eberhard Karls Universitaet, Tuebingen, Germany
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
Children's Hospital of Columbus, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Ireland Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Hopital des Cadolles, Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Spitaeler Chur AG, Chur, Switzerland
Kantonsspital - St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Spectrum Health Hospital - Butterworth Campus, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California, United States
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