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.
CHUV Oncology Department, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Rigshospitalet; Hæmatologisk Klinik, Klinisk Afprøvnings Team KAT, København Ø, Denmark
University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Fox Chase-Temple Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
Dmitry Rogachev National Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Moscow, Russian Federation
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Virgina Cancer Specialists, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Fondazione EMN Italy Onlus, Torino, Italy
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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