Arsenic trioxide (As 2 O 3 ) has established clinical activity in acute promyelocytic leukaemia and has pre-clinical data suggesting activity in lymphoid malignancies. Cell death from As 2 O 3 may be the result of oxidative stress. Agents which deplete intracellular glutathione, such as ascorbic aci
Southwest oncology group phase II study of arsenic trioxide in patients with refractory germ cell malignancies
β Scribed by Tomasz M. Beer; Catherine M. Tangen; Craig R. Nichols; Kim A. Margolin; Robert Dreicer; William T. Stephenson; David I. Quinn; Derek Raghavan; E. David Crawford
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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