Herbal therapy PC-SPES: In vitro effects and evaluation of its efficacy in 69 patients with prostate cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1229-1234

  De La Taille, Alexandre ^b   Buttyan, Ralph ^b   Hayek, Omar ^b   Bagiella, Emilia ^b   Shabsigh, Ahmad ^b   Burchardt, Martin ^b   Burchardt, Tatjana ^b   Chopin, Dominique K ^b   Katz, Aaron E ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Herbal; Hormones; Medicine; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PC SPES; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PAIN; PHLEBITIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033822317     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67146-7     Document Type: Article

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