Lymfomy obecně
Cat’s claw - Uncaria guianensis - Uncaria tomentosa
- Peptic ulcers, colitis, leaky bowel syndrome, herpes infections, and especially urinary tract cancer (Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, 2004)
- Appeared to induce tumor cell death and inhibit proliferation of leukemia and lymphoma cells (Piscoya et al., 2001; Sandoval, Charbonnet, & Okuhama, 2000; Santa Maria et al., 1997)
- Adverse reactions
- Headache, dizziness, and vomiting (Piscoya et al.)
- Typical dose for osteoarthritis of the knee is 100 mg of a freeze-dried aqueous extract of cat’s claw (Piscoya et al.).
Herbs or Natural Products That Decrease Cancer Growth Part One of a Four-Part Series; Muriel J. Montbriand, PhD, RN; Downloaded on 08 28 2019. Single-user license only. Copyright 2019 by the Oncology Nursing Society. For permission to post online, reprint, adapt, or reuse, please email pubpermissions@ons.org
Ribavirin + (sofosbuvir)
- Complete Remission of Follicular Lymphoma with Antiviral Drugs
- Remission of Follicular Lymphoma after Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
A case report
by MDs and scientists at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- A 44-year old man, patient with advanced follicular lymphoma
- Treated for a concurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection
- Complete remission of both conditions after treatment
- Prior to that, Stage 4 disease was diagnosed
- Widespread lymphadenopathy,
- A large mesenteric mass 7.5 cm by 3.0 cm by 9.7 cm
- Low-level bone marrow involvement.
- The patient received a 24-week course of sofosbuvir
- 400 mg once daily
- Ribavirin (1200 mg once daily)
- From March through September 2014
- In December 2014, findings on computed tomography (CT) of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis
- Very good partial response of the follicular lymphoma
- As of September 2016
- Patient remained well, with no clinical evidence of disease recurrence.
- www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1513288
