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.
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Saint Alphonsus Cancer Care Center-Boise, Boise, Idaho, United States
Saint Luke's Cancer Institute - Boise, Boise, Idaho, United States
Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
The Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Baylor Scott & White Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States
Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, Gilbert, Arizona, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Medicine, El Segundo, California, United States
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
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