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.
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Instituto Oncológico Dr. Rosell, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
Beijing Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States
Washington University at St. Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sarcoma Oncology Research Center, Santa Monica, California, United States
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