Lycopene in treatment of high-grade gliomas: A pilot study

Neurology India

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-23

  Puri, Tarun ^a   Goyal, Shikha ^a   Julka, Pramod K ^a   Nair, Omana ^a   Sharma, Daya N ^a   Rath, Goura K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; High grade glioma; Lycopene; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

LYCOPENE; PACLITAXEL; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAROTENOIDS; CHILD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949650906     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.60389     Document Type: Article

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