Abstract
Prostate cancer patients commonly use complementary and alternative medications. There has been growing interest in recent years in the role of the herbal medication PC-SPES and the essential nutrients selenium and vitamin E in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer. This article reviews the preclinical and clinical studies of these therapies. It is critical that health-care professionals be aware of the potential role and side effects of these widely used complementary and alternative therapies.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 285-291; discussion 291, 295-296, 299-296300 |
| Journal | Oncology (Williston Park, N.Y.) |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Mar 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research