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.
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, Decatur, Illinois, United States
Fort Wayne Medical Oncology and Hematology, Inc., Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
Soerlandet Hospital HF Kristiansand, Kristiansand, Norway
University of Chicago ( Site 0066), Chicago, Illinois, United States
Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York ( Site 0052), New Hyde Park, New York, United States
Columbia University/Herbert Irving Cancer Center ( Site 0063), New York, New York, United States
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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