## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Arsenic trioxide (ATO) cytotoxicity and apoptosis induction has been demonstrated with numerous cancer cell lines, including human melanoma. ## METHODS. A secondβline, phase 2, singleβarm study of ATO was conducted in patients with inoperable American Joint Committee o
A phase II trial of arsenic trioxide in patients with metastatic melanoma
β Scribed by Kevin B. Kim; Agop Y. Bedikian; Luis H. Camacho; Nicholas E. Papadopoulos; Cecilia McCullough
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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