Chinese herbs and breast cancer
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Sixteen of 69 traditional Chinese botanical and zoological remedies "exhibited pronounced effects (>75% growth inhibition) on at least one" of five breast cancer cell lines, Michael Campbell, et al., University of California-San Francisco, report at AACR meeting. "Future studies with these crude aqueous extracts may lead to the isolation of novel active anti-tumor compounds," researchers note in poster abstract. Johns Hopkins University is studying use of Chinese herbals in breast and prostate cancer treatment (1"The Tan Sheet" Oct. 9, 2000, p. 15)
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