Cyclophosphamide: An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents.
Source: National Institute of Health
Cyclophosphamide: A synthetic alkylating agent chemically related to the nitrogen mustards with antineoplastic and immunosuppressive activities. In the liver, cyclophosphamide is converted to the active metabolites aldophosphamide and phosphoramide mustard, which bind to DNA, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and initiating cell death. (NCI04)
Source: Diseases Database
Cyclophosphamide : precursor of an alkylating nitrogen mustard antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agent; used in the treatment of lymphomas, leukemias and other cancers, and as an immunosupressive agent to prevent transplant rejection; its side effect, alopecia, has been used for defleecing sheep; may also cause sterility, birth defects, mutations, and cancer.
Source: CRISP
Count: Cyclophosphamide is listed as a: treatment for 11 conditions; alternative treatment for 0 conditions; preventive treatment for 0 conditions; research treatment for 1 conditions.
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