Systematic review of β-elemene injection as adjunctive treatment for lung cancer

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 813-823

  Wang, Bin ^a,b   Peng, Xiao Xia ^a   Sun, Rao ^c   Li, Jie ^b   Zhan, Xiao Ri ^d   Wu, Li Juan ^a   Wang, Shu Ling ^d   Xie, Tian ^d  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

elemene injection; Lung cancer; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BETA ELEMENE; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; MITOMYCIN; NAVELBINE; PACLITAXEL; PIRARUBICIN; VINCRISTINE; VINDESINE;

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINA NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURE; CHINAINFO; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMBASE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PHLEBITIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; SESQUITERPENES; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA;

EID: 84872113110     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-012-1271-9     Document Type: Article

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