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.
City of Hope Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States
University of Michigan Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Henan Province of TCM, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States
The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Department of Oncology, Xinqiao Hospital, ChongQing, Chongqing, China
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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