Molecular Formula: As2O3
Molecular weight: 197.841 g/mol
CAS No: 1327-53-3
ATC Code: L01XX27
Drug Class: Anti-Cancer
General Properties:
Arsenic trioxide is approved to be used with tretinoin to treat: Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) in patients whose cancer has a certain type of chromosome mutation that affects the PML gene and RARA gene. It is used: In adults with newly diagnosed APL that is low risk.
Indication:
Arsenic trioxide is used in combination with tretinoin to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL; a type of cancer in which there are too many immature blood cells in the blood and bone marrow) in certain people as a first treatment.
