Wheat grass juice may improve hematological toxicity related to chemotherapy in breast cancer patients: A pilot study

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-48

  Bar Sela, Gil ^a   Tsalic, Medy ^a   Fried, Getta ^a   Goldberg, Hadassah ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALUMINUM; ASCORBIC ACID; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM; CAROTENE; COPPER; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACT; POTASSIUM; PROLINE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; SERINE; SODIUM; SULFUR; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALINE; WHEAT GRASS EXTRACT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHEAT; WHEAT GRASS JUICE;

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EID: 34447540131     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01635580701308083     Document Type: Article

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