Can Kampo therapy prolong the life of cancer patients?

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 99-105

  Takegawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Ikushima, Hitoshi ^a   Ozaki, Kyousuke ^a   Furutani, Shunsuke ^a   Kawanaka, Takashi ^a   Kudoh, Takaharu ^a   Harada, Masafumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Kampo; Long term outcome; Radiotherapy; Sho

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; KAMPO; KRESTIN; MITOMYCIN C; UFT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 43149121073     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.55.99     Document Type: Article

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