title: A 'complex solution' to a 'complex' problem: tackling the complexity of cancer with botanicals.
abstract: Several biological and physical factors confer complexity on cancer, which may be responsible for its associated morbidity. The successful management of this hyperproliferative disease is beyond the realm of therapeutics that may include the use of a single or at times a combination of treatment modalities. It is apparent that prevention with complex agents such as botanicals could serve as a possible potential solution. The present review focuses on the aspects of cancer that contribute toward making it an extremely complex disease and that may be tackled effectively with the use of 'multicomponent' botanicals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: Ashwani
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koul
mesh_terms: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000473:pathology; D045424:Complex Mixtures / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D018740:Genetic Heterogeneity; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D045424:Complex Mixtures; D010936:Plant Extracts