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.
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
The Second Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Jong-Ho Won, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China
Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Starship Children's Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Seoul National Univ. Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Banner Health MD Anderson Cancer Center, Gilbert, Arizona, United States
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Hopital Saint Louis, Paris, France
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