PC-SPES and ProstaSol: Chinese herbal medicine as a treatment for prostate cancer;PC-SPES og ProstaSol: Kinesisk urtemedicin i behandlingen af prostatacancer

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 166, Issue 50, 2004, Pages 4611-4612

  Jensen, Jørgen Bjerggaard ^b   Langkilde, Niels Christian ^a,b  

^a Fredericia Sygehus   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHINESE HERB; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 10644281342     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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