Role of herbal compounds (PC-SPES) in hormone-refractory prostate cancer: Two case reports

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 449-451

  de la Taille, Alexandre ^a   Hayek, Omar R ^a   Burchardt, Martin ^a   Burchardt, Tatjana ^a   Katz, Aaron E ^a  

^a Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISATIS INDIGOTICA EXTRACT; PC CES; RABDOSIA RUBESCENS EXTRACT; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER INHIBITION; CASE REPORT; CHRYSANTHEMUM; DRUG EFFICACY; GLYCYRRHIZA; HERBAL MEDICINE; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SABAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033766931     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2000.6.449     Document Type: Article

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