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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2002 94(17):1259; doi:10.1093/jnci/94.17.1259
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 17, 1259, September 4, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press

Press Release

Study Finds Additional Evidence for Contamination of Herbal Supplement for Prostate Cancer

Linda Wang, Assistant News Editor, Katherine Arnold, News Editor

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A chemical analysis of PC-SPES, a recently recalled herbal dietary supplement commonly used to treat advanced prostate cancer, has shown that the supplement was contaminated with the synthetic drugs warfarin, diethylstilbestrol and indomethacin. Diethylstilbestrol and indomethacin have known anticancer properties.

Later preparations of PC-SPES, which contained less diethylstilbestrol and indomethacin than earlier . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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