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.
Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, London, England, United Kingdom
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Edegem, Belgium
Federico II University Medical School, Naples (Napoli), Italy
Ospedale S. Gennora USL 42, Naples (Napoli), Italy
University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
MRC Myelomatosis Trials Office, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Children's Oncology Group, Arcadia, California, United States
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
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