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.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham & Women's, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Ohio State/Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, Beijing, China
New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States
Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Gilbert, Arizona, United States
Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
St. Davids South Austin Medical Center, Austin, Texas, United States
Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
UKM Medical Centre, Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
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