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.
Shibata
Yasuhiro
Y
Department of Urology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan. yshibata@med.gunma-u.ac.jp
Kurita
Susumu
S
Okugi
Hironobu
H
Yamanaka
Hidetoshi
H
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