A phase II double-blinded study to evaluate the efficacy of EW02 in reducing chemotherapy-induced neutropenia in breast cancer

Oncology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1793-1798

  Wu, Yi Ying ^a,b   Liu, Hsin Yi ^a   Huang, Tzu Chuan ^a   Chen, Jia Hong ^a,c   Chang, Ping Ying ^a   Ho, Ching Liang ^a   Chao, Tsu Yi ^b,c  

^a Tri Service General Hospital   (China)

^b Graduate Institute of Life Sciences at TKU   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Black soybean; Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Myelopoiesis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EW02; FLUOROURACIL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; PLACEBO; SOYBEAN EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOPOIESIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 84937437156     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2015.3492     Document Type: Article

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