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.
Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Oshun, Nigeria
Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
USA Health Strada Patient Care Center, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Institut Claudius Reagaud-IUCT Oncopôle, Toulouse, France
Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, United States
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States
University of Miami- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida, United States
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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