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PC-SPES for the treatment of prostate cancer?
J Herb Pharmacother
February 2005
Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy-Glendale, Midwestern University, 19555 North 59th Avenue, Glendale, AZ 85308, USA.
A 73-year-old man recently attended his local USToo International prostate cancer support group and during the meeting several members were discussing using PC-SPES for treatment of their prostate cancer. The patient's history is significant for prostate cancer and as a result he had a radical prostatectomy. Two years ago, he relapsed with bone metastases and he was subsequently treated with combined anti-androgen therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPC-SPES, a dietary supplement for the treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer.
BJU Int
March 2000
Division of Urology and the Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0084, USA.
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of PC-SPES, a dietary supplement containing eight herbal extracts, which is a popular alternative therapy among patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer; anecdotal reports claim that this agent provides relief of metastatic pain, improvements in quality of life and reduction of prostatic specific antigen (PSA) level.
Patients And Methods: Sixteen men treated for advanced metastatic prostate cancer (stage D3) with either orchidectomy or a luteinizing-hormone releasing hormone agonist, with or without anti-androgen, were enrolled into a prospective clinical trial to evaluate the possible toxic and beneficial effects of PC-SPES. After hormone-ablative therapy had failed, and with established disease progression, all patients received supplemental treatment with PC-SPES (2.
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