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.
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
Johns Hopkins University/Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Kaiser Permanente-Oakland, Oakland, California, United States
State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Instituto Catalan de Oncologia - Hospital Duran i Reynolds (ICO L'Hospitalet), Barcelona, Spain
Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, Vadhana, Thailand
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
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