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The unavailability of effective treatment of metastatic hormone refractory prostatic carcinoma warrants trials of new and promising treatments. Coumarin is an investigational new drug that has produced objective tumor regression in some patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma and malignant
Fifty-four patients with advanced malignancies were treated on this phase I trial of coumarin and cimetidine. The dose of coumarin was escalated, with three patients treated at each dose level, while the cimetidine dose was held constant at 300 mg four times daily. Patients received coumarin alone
BACKGROUND
Coumarin anticoagulants are known to cause hepatotoxicity, but only a few cases have been reported. Coumarins are usually administered following cardiovascular surgery and the differential diagnosis is post-transfusion hepatitis.
METHODS
We report the case of a 46-year-old woman who
OBJECTIVE
Postprostatectomy radiotherapy (RT) improves survival in adjuvant and salvage settings. The implantation technique and complications rate of gold markers in the prostate bed for high-precision RT were analyzed.
METHODS
Patients undergoing postprostatectomy RT for prostate-specific antigen
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The coumarin antibiotic novobiocin potentiates the activity of etoposide (VP-16) in vitro by increasing intracellular accumulation of VP-16. The drug efflux pump inhibited by novobiocin appears to be distinct from both of the major proteins associated with the multidrug resistance
Data sourcesCochrane Oral Health's Trials Register, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Medline, Embase, CINAHL, EBSCO (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, LILACS, BIREME, Virtual Health Library (Latin American and Caribbean Health Science Information
BACKGROUND
Benzopyrones can reduce the volume of high-protein edema fluid by stimulating proteolysis. These compounds provide a method for removing excess protein and its consequent edema and reduce its clinical sequelae, such as chronic inflammation and secondary infections.
METHODS
We conducted a
BACKGROUND
Loeselia mexicana (Lam.) Brand has been used in Mexican Traditional Medicine to treat "espanto" or "susto" (fear), which is a culturally affiliated syndrome whose symptomatology comprises loss of appetite, difficulty in sleeping, and also nausea and fatigue, with a sensation of fear or
Ethnopharmacological relevance: Ruta genus is constituted by ten species, of which the most commonly described are R. chalepensis and R. graveolens. Ruta plants are perennial shrubs belonging to the family Rutaceae, which are
Salivary gland dysfunction is an 'umbrella' term for the presence of either xerostomia (subjective sensation of dryness), or salivary gland hypofunction (reduction in saliva production). It is a predictable side effect of radiotherapy to the head and neck region, and is associated with a significant
Recent studies indicate that Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can play an important role in the whole course of cancer treatment such as recovery stages of post-operative, radiotherapy or chemotherapy stages instead of only terminal stage of cancer. In this review, we have summarized current