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.
Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Affiliated Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany
National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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