Arsenic trioxide is a chemotherapeutic agent of idiopathic function used to treat leukemia that is unresponsive to first line agents. It is suspected that arsenic trisulfide induces cancer cells to undergo apoptosis. In general, arsenic is known to be a naturally toxic substance capable of eliciting a variety of dangerous adverse effects. The enzyme thioredo...
For induction of remission and consolidation in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), and whose APL is characterized by the presence of the t(15;17) translocation or PML/RAR-alpha gene expression
Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States
CHU de Marseille, Marseille, France
Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
CHRU de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Emory University Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States
MD Anderson Regional Care Center-Bay Area, Nassau Bay, Texas, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
MD Anderson Regional Care Center-Katy, Houston, Texas, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
North Carolina Cancer Hosptial, UNC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States
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