ATRA is an anti-cancer (“antineoplastic” or “cytotoxic”) chemotherapy drug. ATRA is classified as a “ retinoid.”
Tretinoin is one of a group of drugs called retinoids that are similar to vitamin A. It is not a chemotherapy drug, but you may have it along with chemotherapy to treat a type of acute myeloid leukemia called promyelocytic leukemia. Tretinoin is also called all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) and its brand name is CA Atra.ATRA is used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL, APML).
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