Successful treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma with cimetidine: Report of two cases

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1201-1204

  Nagano, Tetsuo ^a   Matsuda, Hisao ^a   Park, Young Chol ^a   Kurita, Takashi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cimetidine; renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CIMETIDINE; INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029973583     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.87.1201     Document Type: Article

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