Dramatic remission of hormone refractory prostate cancer achieved with extract of the mushroom, Phellinus linteus.
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.
Department of Urology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. yshibata@med.gunma-u.ac.jp
Yasuhiro
Y
Shibata
Susumu
S
Kurita
Hironobu
H
Okugi
Hidetoshi
H
Yamanaka
D000363:Agaricales; D000368:Aged; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D012074:Remission Induction
D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal