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
Hematology-Oncology Associates of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Edward Cancer Center, Naperville, Illinois, United States
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Case Medical Center, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Veeda Oncology, Houston, Texas, United States
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, United States
Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Huntsville, Alabama, United States
Eva Lengfelder, MD, PhD, Mannheim, Germany
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Tennessee Oncology, PLLC, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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