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.
Amsterdam UMC - Locatie AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Maria Sklodowska Curie National Institute of Oncology - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland
Fakultní nemocnice v Motole, Praha, Czechia
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Royal Adelaide Hospital; Cancer Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Korea, Republic of
The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Institut Jules Bordet, Anderlecht, Belgium
Rheumatology Division of Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da USP, São Paulo, Brazil
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
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