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Thesis Abstract Hexokinase 2 enzyme catalyzes the rate-limiting step in glycolysis. It is overexpressed in several carcinomas including breast cancer to sustain energy for rapidly dividing cells and associates with chemoresistance. However, impact of chemo drugs alone or in combination on hexokinase activity and autophagic cell death is unclear. Arsenic trioxide (As2O3) (ATO) is a metalloid with potent antineoplastic effects in several types of cancer especially acute promyelocytic leukemia and breast cancer. Due to the cytotoxicity and low efficacy of ATO when it is used alone, a combination of ATO with other chemotherapeutic drugs may provide a rational basis for novel therapeutic combinations. Despite these efforts, the specific cellular events that account for differential effects of ATO on cancer cells’viability and the possible therapeutic combinations remain to be well‐defined. In this report, we used an in vivo …