Edible mushroom Agaricus sylvaticus used as therapeutics complement in a patient with breast cancer and lung metastasis;Uso do cogumelo Agaricus sylvaticus como complemento terapêutico em paciente com câncer de mama e metástase pulmonar

Revista Brasileira de Medicina

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 537-538

  Gennari, Jorge Laerte ^a,d   Veronesi, Ricardo ^b   De Souza Gennari, Marcelo ^c  

^a Faculdade de Medicina do Amazonas   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agaricus sylvaticus; Cancer; Natural Killer Cell

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS SYLVATICUS EXTRACT; CD56 ANTIGEN; COGUMELO DE SOL; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGARICUS SYLVATICUS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MUSHROOM; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHYTOTHERAPY; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

EID: 14244272687     PISSN: 00347264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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