Regression of hepatocellular carcinoma spontaneous or herbal medicine related?

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 579-585

  Cheng, Hon Mei ^a   Tsai, Ming Che ^b  

^a CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Herbal medicine; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

AMOMI SEMEN EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FELODIPINE; FORSYTHIA EXTRACT; GARDENIA EXTRACT; GENTIANAE SCABRAE EXTRACT; GLEDITSIA SPINA EXTRACT; GLIPIZIDE; HEMEROCALLIS FULVA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MESONA PROCUMBENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SENNA FOLIUM EXTRACT; SOLANUM INCANUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AMOMUM; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; FORSYTHIA; GARDENIA; GENTIANACEAE; GLEDITSIA; HEMEROCALLIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MESONA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SENNA; SOLANUM; TAIWAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT COMPONENTS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4644373238     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X04002211     Document Type: Article

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