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
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Gilbert, Arizona, United States
City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, United States
Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
HonorHealth Research Institute, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Texas Oncology at Baylor Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
Yan Yue, Beijing, Chaoyang District, China
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Medicine, El Segundo, California, United States
AOUC Policlinico Bari, Bari, Italy
A.O. Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
S.O. Annunziata - A. O. Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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