Leukemia Research
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 859-863 , September 2003

Sustained complete remission of CLL associated with the use of a Chinese herbal extract: case report and mechanistic analysis

  • Traci E. Battle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St., Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Hugo Castro-Malaspina

      Affiliations

    • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • John G. Gribben

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St., Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • David A. Frank

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney St., Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-617-632-4714; fax: +1-617-632-6356.

Received 3 October 2002 ,Accepted 20 December 2002.

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PII: S0145-2126(03)00009-2

doi: 10.1016/S0145-2126(03)00009-2

Leukemia Research
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 859-863 , September 2003

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