Ifosfamide (eye-FOS-fa-mide) belongs to the group of medicines called alkylating agents . It is used to treat cancer of the testicles as well as some other kinds of cancer. Ifosfamide interferes with the growth of cancer cells, which are eventually destroyed. Since the growth of normal body cells may also be affected by ifosfamide, other effects will also occur. Some effects may not occur until months or years after the medicine is used.
In a later study, these investigators reported that patients with T-lineage ALL were more resistant to a host of drugs including those mentioned above as well as teniposide, ifosfamide, vincristine, vindesine, and dexamethasone .