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.
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
St. Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria
Kinderklinik, Giessen, Germany
Sparks-Arkansas Oklahoma Cancer Treatment Centre, Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
Maine Center for Cancer Medicine and Blood Disorders, Scarborough, Maine, United States
The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania, United States
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
St. Vincent Medical Center - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Horton Hospital, Banbury, England, United Kingdom
Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom
Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, England, United Kingdom
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
NCI - Center for Cancer Research, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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