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Mesima, Sanghwang · 2004 · Case Reports

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Dramatic remission of hormone refractory prostate cancer achieved with extract of the mushroom, Phellinus linteus.

Phellinus linteus

Oncology
SpeciesMesima, Sanghwang
JournalUrologia internationalis
Year2004

Key points

  • At present, there is no distinctly effective treatment for hormone refractory prostate cancer
  • We describe a hormone refractory prostate cancer patient with rapidly progressive bone metastasis who showed dramatic response to intake of an extract from the mushroom, Phellinus linteus

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At present, there is no distinctly effective treatment for hormone refractory prostate cancer. We describe a hormone refractory prostate cancer patient with rapidly progressive bone metastasis who showed dramatic response to intake of an extract from the mushroom, Phellinus linteus.

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Shibata Y, Kurita S, Okugi H, Yamanaka H (2004). Dramatic remission of hormone refractory prostate cancer achieved with extract of the mushroom, Phellinus linteus. Urologia internationalis https://doi.org/10.1159/000079704 PMID: 15331908

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