砒霜谁都知道是毒药，但它也是治疗癌症的一种特效药。

Arsenic who all know is poison，But it is also a kind of specific treatment of cancer。

　　昨日在河南省肿瘤医院，中国癌症基金会患者援助项目正式启动。省肿瘤医院血液科主任魏旭东说，项目主要是帮助河南贫困的急性早幼粒细胞白血病患者，一旦通过，可获得一个疗程的免费药物。

Yesterday in henan province tumor hospital，Chinese cancer foundation patients aid official start。Provincial tumor hospital hematology department director WeiXuDong said，The project is mainly to help henan poor acute promyelocytic leukemia patients，Once through the，Can get a course of free drug。

　　项目资助的药品叫亚砷酸，化学名为三氧化二砷，就是砒霜。“都知道砒霜是毒药。”魏旭东说，但李时珍的《本草纲目》中已记载了砒霜的药性，也曾被用来治疗皮肤病等。在西方，19世纪和20世纪30年代也曾尝试用亚砷酸治疗白血病，但未获普遍承认和推广。

Project funded drug called arsenous acid，Chemical called arsenic trioxide，Is arsenic。“All know arsenic is poison。”WeiXuDong said，But the LiShiZhen《Compendium of materia medica》Has recorded the medicinal properties of arsenic，Also has been used to treat skin disease, etc。In the west，In the 19th century and the 1930 s had to try arsenous acid treatment for leukemia，But has not been generally recognized and promotion。

　　卫生部部长陈竺今年也曾因为将中药的砷剂与西药结合起来，治疗急性早幼粒细胞白血病，大大提高该病患者的生存率，而获得第七届国际圣捷尔吉癌症研究创新成就奖。

The ministry of health minister Outlines this year also had for traditional Chinese medicine will be the arsenic agent and western medicine combined，In the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia，Greatly improve the surial rates of patients with the disease，And of the 7th international's holy the auspicious cancer research innovation achievement award。

　　魏旭东说，急性早幼粒细胞白血病是一种恶性血液病，研究表明，亚砷酸通过静脉进入人体后，可以破坏一种基因，从而让白血病细胞凋亡，进而达到治疗的目的。河南从1994年已经开始探索这种治疗方法。

WeiXuDong said，Acute promyelocytic leukemia is a kind of malignancies，Research shows that，Arsenic acid intravenously enter the body，Can destroy a gene，Thus let leukemia cell apoptosis，And then to achieve the purpose of treatment。Henan from 1994 has began to explore the treatment method。

　　“当然，因为砒霜的毒性，用量一定要严格控制。”省肿瘤医院血液科主任医师朱兴虎说，用量为每公斤体重0.16毫克，而且连续用45天到60天，必须停药。 (河南商报记者郑筱倩)

“Of course，Because of the toxicity of arsenic，Dosage must be strictly controlled。”Provincial tumor hospital hematology department chief physician ZhuXingHu said，Consumption for per kg weight 0.16 mg，And continuous with 45 days to 60 days，Must stop drug。 (The henan business ZhengXiaoQian reporters)