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.
Clinica Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru
Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru
Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Ambulantes Tumorzentrum Spandau; Dres. Benno Mohr und Uwe Peters, Berlin, Germany
Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, United Kingdom
Fiona Stanley Hospital; FSH Cancer Centre Clinical Trials Unit, Bull Creek, Western Australia, Australia
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom
Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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