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.
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
Department of Haematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjin, Jiangsu, China
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
UCI Health - Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care, Irvine, California, United States
UC Irvine Health/Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, California, United States
Logan Health Medical Center, Kalispell, Montana, United States
Department of RheumatologyTongji Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Hadassah Medical Organization, Jerusalem, Israel
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