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.
Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Medicine, El Segundo, California, United States
Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (Limited Protocol Activities), Middletown, New Jersey, United States
The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Beijing Cancer Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Uganda Cancer Institute, Kampala, Uganda
New Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
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