Ifosfamide (Systemic)

Brand Names : IFEX

Additional Information

Once a medicine has been approved for marketing for a certain use, experience may show that it is also useful for other medical problems. Although these uses are not included in product labeling, ifosfamide is used in certain patients with the following medical conditions:

• Acute lymphocytic leukemia (a type of cancer of the blood)
• Cancer of the bladder
• Cancer of the bone (including Ewing's sarcoma)
• Cancer of the breast
• Cancer of the cervix
• Cancer of the endometrium
• Cancers of the head and neck
• Cancer of the lung
• Cancer of the ovaries
• Lymphomas
• Neuroblastoma (a certain type of brain cancer)
• Thymoma and other cancer of the thymus (a small organ beneath the breastbone)
• Tumors in the ovaries
• Wilms" tumor (a cancer of the kidneys occurring mainly in children)

Other than the above information, there is no additional information relating to proper use, precautions, or side effects for these uses.