Effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine for liver protection and chemotherapy completion among cancer patients

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tai, Chen Jei ^c,d   Liu, Mei Ling ^a   Chien, Li Yin ^b   Tai, Cheng Jeng ^c,d   Lin, Kuan Chia ^e  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHINESE DRUG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUANG LIAN JIE DU TANG; PORIA COCOS EXTRACT; RADIXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIAO CHAI HU TANG; YIN CHEN WU LING SAN;

ADULT; AGARIC UMBELLATE; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALISMATIS; ARTEMISIAE SCOPARIAE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATRACTYLODES; BONE CANCER; BRANCHLET; BREAST CANCER; BUPLERUM CHINENSE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GARDENIAE; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GINGER; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; JUJUBE; LIP CANCER; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUTH CANCER; NEOPLASM; PHARYNX CANCER; PHELLODENDRI; PINELLIA; PINELLIA TERNATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; SENNA; SEX; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

EID: 80052753005     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nep185     Document Type: Article

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