News tagged with 'Arsenic Trioxide'

Researchers report that arsenic trioxide, a newly approved leukemia treatment, is responsible for the sudden of three leukemia patients. The patients were participating in a study of the new treatment. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is very rare. Only 800 to 1,000 people are diagnosed with APL annually in the Uni

Arsenic trioxide, a drug created to treat leukemia patients, has come under scrutiny by the FDA after two separate clinical trials resulted in drug-related deaths. Cell Therapeutics of Seattle, the maker of the arsenic trioxide drug Trisenox, is evaluating the results of these two trials. The medical journal Bloo