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
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Cancer Hospital Affiliate to Zhengzhou University & Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
Department of Medical Oncology,Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States
Huntsman Cancer Institute/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Columbia St. Mary's Cancer Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Aspirus Regional Cancer Center Wausau, Wausau, Wisconsin, United States
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