Shrinkage of gastric cancer in an elderly patient who received rhus verniciflua stokes extract

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 497-500

  Lee, Sang Hun ^a   Choi, Won Cheol ^a   Kim, Kyung Suk ^a   Park, Jae Woo ^a   Lee, Sang Hoon ^a   Yoon, Seong Woo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUTEIN; FISETIN; FLAVONOID; FUSTIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN P53; RHUS VERNICIFLUA EXTRACT; SULFURETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DETERMINATION; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; POISON IVY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHUS VERNICIFLUA; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ADENOCARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOXICODENDRON; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHUS; STOMACH; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951961628     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2008.0237     Document Type: Article

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