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.
Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
CCOP - Virginia Mason Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
King's College Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom
St. Georges, University of London, London, England, United Kingdom
Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
AIDS - Associated Malignancies Clinical Trials Consortium, Rockville, Maryland, United States
Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
CCOP - Northern New Jersey, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Baptist Cancer Institute - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
Sanofi-Aventis Administrative Office, Caracas, Venezuela
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
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