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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California, United States
Cancer and Leukemia Group B, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Kimmel Cancer Center of Thomas Jefferson University - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lakeside Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
New England Medical Center Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States
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