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.
Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda
Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University, New York, New York, United States
University of Nairobi College of Health Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya
Ireland Cancer Center at University Hosptials Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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