title: Clinical characteristics of gynecologic cancer patients who respond to salvage treatment with Lingzhi.
abstract: Lingzhi or Ganoderma lucidum is a popular medicinal mushroom used as a health promotion herb in China and other Asian countries for thousands of years. There have many previous studies about the anti-cancer effects of lingzhi especially in vitro. The present study reports the clinical data of 5 gynecologic cancer patients who achieved stability in the disease after ingestion of lingzhi in the form of fruit body water extract and spores in a salvage setting. This report has been written to enhance the data describing the effect of lingzhi in cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand E-mail : psuprase@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Prapaporn
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suprasert
authors.forename: Chatchawann
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Apichartpiyakul
authors.forename: Choompone
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sakonwasun
authors.forename: Pimonphan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nitisuwanraksa
authors.forename: Rochana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Phuackchantuck
mesh_terms: D002945:Cisplatin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003536:Cystadenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000188:drug therapy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D020940:Reishi; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D002945:Cisplatin