Drug Name

[Cincat]

Patient is a 10-year-old female with leukemia. Drug sounds like "Atra." Do not know if physician is using abbreviation or if this is the name of the drug. Dosage is 20 mg.

Cindy Holland

[toonces]

Hi there,

I'm too late for the report you were working on, but it's most likely ATRA. On search, I found:
ATRA-IV (formerly known as Atragen) for treatment of hematological and solid tumors. ... in the United States for treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia. ...
and
all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is used to cause the leukemia cells to mature into ... ATRA is used during remission and consolidation treatments and has ...


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