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
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Overlook Hospital, Summit, New Jersey, United States
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, California, United States
Hematology-Oncology and SCT Research Center, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California, United States
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
U.T.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, United States
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