Dietary agents for prevention and treatment of lung cancer

Cancer Letters

Volumn 359, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-164

  Khan, Naghma ^a   Mukhtar, Hasan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary agents; Lung cancer; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

3 INDOLEMETHANOL; ATORVASTATIN; BENZYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; CELECOXIB; CISPLATIN; CURCUMIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; ERLOTINIB; FISETIN; GENISTEIN; INOSITOL; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENETHYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; POLYPHENOL; POLYPHENON E; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; SULFORAPHANE; THEAFLAVIN; TRICHOSTATIN A; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CATECHIN; FLAVONOID; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLE-3-CARBINOL; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER RESISTANCE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEWIS CARCINOMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POMEGRANATE; SHORT SURVEY; SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER; TEA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CATECHIN; CURCUMIN; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INDOLES; ISOTHIOCYANATES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS;

EID: 84923106482     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: 18727980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2015.01.038     Document Type: Review

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