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.
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Surrey, Sutton, England, United Kingdom
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
St. Georges Hospital Medical School, London, England, United Kingdom
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield, West Yorks, England, United Kingdom
Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, United States
Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
UH-LUICC, Mentor, Ohio, United States
UH-Chagrin Highlands, Orange Village, Ohio, United States
Academisch Ziekenhuis Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Ziekenhuis Network Antwerpen Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium
Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland
Inselspital, Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Ratisches Kantons und Regionalspital, Chur, Switzerland
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