Effects of a Chinese medical herbs complex on cellular immunity and toxicity-related conditions of breast cancer patients

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 712-718

  Zhuang, S R ^a,b   Chiu, H F ^a   Chen, S L ^b   Tsai, J H ^a   Lee, M Y ^c   Lee, H S ^b   Shen, Y C ^b   Yan, Y Y ^b   Shane, G T ^d   Wang, C K ^b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Medigreen Biotechnology Corporation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Chinese medical herbs; Immune cell counts; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CODONOPSIS PILOSULA EXTRACT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GANODERMA TSUGAE EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; STARCH; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE; UFT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GANODERMA TSUGAE; HEARING; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SIDE EFFECT; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LEUKOPENIA; LEUKOPOIESIS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEUTROPHILS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; APIACEAE; CAMPANULACEAE; CODONOPSIS PILOSULA; GANODERMA TSUGAE; GANODERMATACEAE; GERANIACEAE; PELARGONIUM GRAVEOLENS;

EID: 84863077775     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000711451100345X     Document Type: Article

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