Current status and progress of the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia / 白血病·淋巴瘤

ABSTRACT

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a special type of acute leukemia. The cure rate of APL has been significantly improved in the past decades due to the use of anthracyclines, all-trans retinoic acid and arsenic. Modern stratified treatment of APL further enhances the therapeutic efficacy and reduces the treatment-related toxicity. This article reviews the history of all-trans retinoic acid and arsenic into clinical application, and the characteristics of disease, treatment status of all-trans retinoic acid and arsenic, treatment mechanism and drug resistance mechanism in APL are introduced.